NEW YORK - Buddy the German Shepherd and the first dog in the United States to test positive for coronavirus has reportedly died.The dog became infected in mid-April just before his seventh birthday.
Six weeks later on July 11 he was dead, according to National Geographic.The Mahoney family of Staten Island tells the publication that bloodwork showed Buddy had lymphoma.
It was unclear if cancer had made him more susceptible to contracting the virus that causes COVID-19 or if the virus had made him sick.On June 2, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture announced that Buddy had contracted the virus after a member of the Mahoney family had tested positive.