Dog Tests Positive for New COVID-19 Virus

A woman wears a face mask as she walks her dog on a street in Beijing, China on Feb. 4, 2020. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images

A pet dog has tested positive for the new coronavirus in Hong Kong.

A spokesman for Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said in a statement that the dog was tested and that the test showed a “weak positive” for the COVID-19 disease, which is a caused by the new virus.