Coronavirus infects four MORE tigers and three lions at Bronx Zoo after catching it from one zookeeper

ANOTHER seven big cats have tested positive for coronavirus at Bronx Zoo after apparently being infected by a zookeeper.

The Wildlife Conservation Society - which runs the New York attraction - revealed four more tigers and three lions have been diagnosed with the virus.

The positive COVID-19 test was confirmed by USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory, based in Ames, Iowa.

"Our cats were infected by a person caring for them who was asymptomatically infected with the virus or before that person developed symptoms," zoo officials said at the time.

Nadia first began showing signs of sickness on March 27 and tested positive just over a week later.

The Bronx Zoo has been closed to the public since March 16, but converted its empty parking lots into coronavirus testing centers.

It set up white tents to test workers from the nearby Montefiore Medical Center.

Meanwhile,  two domestic cats became the first pets in New York to test positive for the virus.

The cats, from different parts of the state, have mild respiratory illness and were expected to fully recover.

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