Hong Kong will lift a ban on importing hamsters for sale around the middle of this month, a year aft

Hong Kong will lift a ban on importing hamsters for sale around the middle of this month, a year after the city ordered a culling of the furry mammals and shut down all pet shops selling them to eliminate the Covid-19 virus. ⁠⁠Imported hamsters will still need to test negative for Covid before they are made available for sale, because studies found that they are susceptible to the virus and could easily spread to humans, a spokesman for the city’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department said in an emailed statement. ⁠⁠The city banned the importation of all small mammals for commercial purposes in January last year after nearly a dozen hamsters imported from the Netherlands and sold at a local pet store were found to be infected with delta, a virulent Covid-19 variant that hadn’t been detected in the city for months until a worker there tested positive.⁠⁠🔗 Click the link in our bio for more.
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