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HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that they will kill some 2,000 small animals, including hamsters after several of the rodents tested positive for the virus at a pet store where an ...

Hong Kong ordered a cull of 2,000 hamsters on Tuesday and warned pet owners not to kiss animals after a cluster of COVID-19 cases was traced to a pet shop. HONG KONG, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Hong Kong ...

Hong Kong’s pet shop owners have hit out at a government decision to cull hamsters and temporarily ban imports of small animals over possible Covid-19 transmission to humans, saying the move will hurt ...

Authorities in Hong Kong have ordered the deaths of some 2,000 hamsters and other small rodent pets after health officials said they may be responsible for infecting a pet shop worker with COVID-19.

Pet hamsters can pass on Covid-19 to humans and were the most likely source of an outbreak of the Delta variant in Hong Kong, a study has revealed. While human-to-animal coronavirus transmission has ...