Belgian zoo says its 2 very runny-nosed hippos have COVID-19

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Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/belgian-zoo-runny-nosed-hippos-covid-19-81542931


Belgian zoo says its 2 very runny-nosed hippos have COVID-19
A Belgian zoo says that a pair of hippopotamuses in its care have been placed in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19
ByThe Associated Press
3 December 2021, 15:55


BRUSSELS -- A Belgian zoo said Friday that a pair of hippopotamuses in its care are in isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, possibly the first time ever such animals have caught the disease...

 

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Yesterday at 7:50 AM ·

Onze nijlpaarden Hermien en Imani testen positief op COVID-19. Ondanks de positieve test vertonen de dieren, buiten een lopende neus, gelukkig geen andere symptomen en maken ze het goed. Het nijlpaardengebouw werd na de eerste positieve test onmiddellijk afgesloten en blijft voorlopig ook dicht tot Hermien en Imani negatief testen. Ze worden de komende tijd extra in de gaten gehouden door hun verzorgers die nog striktere veiligheidsmaatregelen nemen. Want hoe de dieren besmet raakten is onmogelijk te achterhalen. Hun verzorgers testten alvast negatief en geen van hen heeft recentelijk de ziekte doorlopen. #ZOOsamen

Our hippos Hermien and Imani are testing positive for COVID-19. Despite the positive test, the animals, apart from a runny nose, fortunately no other symptoms and are doing well . The hippopotamus building was immediately closed after the first positive test and will temporarily remain closed until Hermien and Imani test negative . In the near future, they will be extra watched by their caregivers who are implementing even stricter safety measures . Because how the animals got infected is impossible to figure out . Their caregivers have already tested negative and none of them have recently contracted the disease . #ZOOtogether

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