Snow leopard at San Diego zoo catches coronavirus

Exhibit closed after nine-year-old unvaccinated male named Ramil developed a cough and runny nose

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An unvaccinated snow leopard at the San Diego zoo has contracted Covid-19.

Caretakers noticed that Ramil, a nine-year-old male snow leopard, had a cough and runny nose on Thursday. Later, two separate tests of his stool confirmed the presence of the coronavirus, the zoo said in a statement on Friday.