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COVID: in Hong Kong, only one hamster tested positive as part of preventive slaughter
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COVID: in Hong Kong, only one hamster tested positive as part of preventive slaughter

Hong Kong authorities said on Sunday that only one of 77 hamsters handed over to the government by their owners had tested positive for COVID-19 as part of a culling campaign after positive cases emerged at a local pet store. the city. • Read also: Hong Kong to kill thousands of hamsters after Covid cases found in pet store More than 2,000 hamsters have been slaughtered as a "precaution" after some of them, imported from the Netherlands by a local pet store, tested positive for COVID. Last Tuesday, the authorities had "strongly encouraged" anyone who bought a small mammal after December 22, just before Christmas, to bring the animal to them so that it can be tested and euthanized. Like neighboring mainland China, the territory has adopted the “zero COVID” st...