Multiple Smithsonian National Zoo big cats test presumptively positive for COVID-19

Multiple big cats at the Smithsonian National Zoo have showed symptoms of COVID-19 and have presumptively tested positive for the virus, officials said in a statement Friday. Final test results are expected in upcoming days. 

Six of the facility's African lions, two Amur tigers and a Sumatran tiger all returned fecal samples positive for COVID-19 after animal keepers observed decreased appetites, coughing, sneezing and lethargy in the animals.

Zoo officials said no other animals at the zoo were showing signs of infection as of Friday and that members of the public are not at risk.