Coronavirus: Bronx Zoo tiger tests positive for COVID-19
Malayan tiger 'Nadia' believed to be infected by a zoo employee in the first known animal case of COVID-19 in the US. Nadia underwent X-rays, an ultrasound and blood tests to try to figure out what was ailing her. A tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo has tested positive for the new coronavirus, in what is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the United States or a tiger anywhere in the world, federal officials and the zoo said. The four-year-old Malayan tiger named Nadia was among a group of six other animals to have also fallen ill, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement on Sunday. She was screened for the COVID-19 disease after developing a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, it said, adding that all of the cats are expected to recover. The test result stunned zoo officials: "I couldn't believe it," director Jim Breheny said.