11-year-old Malena, a Brookfield Zoo tiger who received her first COVID vaccine dose in mid-September, has tested positive for the virus.
BROOKFIELD, Ill. (WLS) — A partially vaccinated 11-year-old tiger at the Brookfield Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19. The zoo received confirmation of Amur tiger Malena’s positive test this week after she started showing mild respiratory symptoms, including coughing and sneezing, late last week. Those symptoms are consistent with what other zoos have seen in big cats infected with COVID-19, according to a statement from the Chicago Zoological Society. Mike Adkesson, vice president of clinical medicine for the Chicago Zoological Society, said he is «optimistic» that Malena will make a full recovery.
