Hong Kong orders hamster cull after Covid-19 hits pets

Hong Kong ordered a cull of 2,000 hamsters today and warned pet owners not to kiss animals after a new cluster of Covid-19 cases was traced to a pet shop.

The outbreak of Delta variant cases in humans linked to the shop worker prompted tests on hundreds of animals, with 11 hamsters showing up positive.

That has brought a pet rodent clampdown on Chinese-ruled Hong Kong, which...