An underground movement of animal lovers emerged in the city this week to hide the rodents from overzealous health authorities.
reported that some wealthy pet owners were chartering private jets to get their animals out of the city.A worker with Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department disinfects the Little Boss pet store.Like Western Australia, Xi Jinping’s China is determined to stick with a zero-case strategy while the rest of the world is living with the virus.
Epidemiologists say there is little scientific merit in some of China’s responses to COVID-19 where cases of animal-to-human transmissions are extremely rare. However, that does not matter under a system where local health officials will be punished if there is a COVID-19 outbreak in their jurisdiction.
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