Blood test negative for first dog found with coronavirus, more checks pending

The world’s first dog found with the coronavirus has tested negative in a blood test used to confirm Covid-19 cases.But Dr Chui Tak-yi, undersecretary for food and health, maintained the Pomeranian belonging to Hong Kong’s 85th patient had a low-level infection.Confirmed: pet dog in Hong Kong contracted coronavirus from ownerChui said the dog continued to test “weakly positive” for the virus in oral and nasal swab samples.He added a serology test, which looks for antibodies in the blood, from…