Two hippos in Belgian zoo test positive for Covid-19

The hippos have no symptoms apart from a runny nose, but the zoo said the pair had been put into quarantine as a precaution.

The coronavirus is thought to have jumped from an animal to a human, and it is proved to have passed from humans to animals. File picture: Denis Minihane

Two hippos have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp Zoo in Belgium in what could be the first reported cases in the species, zoo staff said.

Hippos Imani, aged 14, and 41-year-old Hermien have no symptoms apart from a runny nose, but the zoo said the pair had been put into quarantine as a precaution.