Lioness tests COVID positive in Sri Lanka zoo.
Days after a lion tested positive for Covid-19 in Colombo s Dehiwala Zoo, a lioness at the same facility has also been infected with the virus, the State Veterinary Surgeons Association of Sri Lanka said.
Secretary of the State Veterinary Surgeons Association, Nuwan Hewagamage, said on Thursday that the 12-year-old lioness Sheena had tested positive for the virus following medical tests performed on her after the male lion called Thor was infected last week, reports Xinhua news agency.
The 11-year-old Thor , which was gifted by a zoo in Seoul in 2013, has become the first known case of an animal contracting Covid in the island nation.
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Hisar, May 15
Veterinary surgeons will take care of Covid patients in the isolation wards being set up in villages of the district.
The Civil Surgeon, Dr Ratna Bharti, has written a letter to the Deputy Director of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DDAH&D) Department, Hisar, for the deployment of 61 veterinary surgeons.
These doctors have been assigned duties in the PHCs and CHCs in rural areas and in small towns, including Hansi, Barwala and Uklana.
Most of the surgeons have been assigned the villages where they were already posted while some have been sent to adjoining villages and small towns.
Meanwhile, the Veterinary Surgeons’ Association has expressed concern about their safety. They have requested the government to declare them as Covid warriors and extend an insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh each on a par with health workers.