Animals get COVID-19 vaccine at Oakland Zoo
A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine. (July 3) AP
Big cats, bears, ferrets get COVID-19 vaccine at US Zoo
Published On 04 July,2021 09:03 am
Tigers Ginger and Molly were the first two animals at the Oakland Zoo to get the vaccine
OAKLAND (AP) A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.
Tigers Ginger and Molly were the first two animals at the Oakland Zoo to get the vaccine this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The doses were donated and developed by veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis in New Jersey.
Oakland Zoo begins vaccinating animals against COVID-19
July 3, 2021 / 10:04 PM / AP
A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.
Tigers Ginger and Molly were the first two animals at the Oakland Zoo to get the vaccine this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The doses were donated and developed by veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis in New Jersey.
Alex Herman, vice president of veterinary services at the zoo, said none of the animals have gotten the virus, but they wanted to be proactive. Tigers, black and grizzly bears, mountain lions and ferrets were the first to receive the first of two doses. Next are primates and pigs.
By ROBERT JABLON
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) â California public health officials pleaded Friday for people to get vaccinated as the state s largest county reported hundreds of additional COVID-19 infections.
Los Angeles County reported 549 new cases in a single day, the most since mid-April. The county averaged nearly 300 new cases a day over a seven-day period that ended Wednesday, representing an increase of 85% from the seven-day period that ended June 24.
The rate of coronavirus tests that were positive was 1.3%, more than quadruple the low of 0.3% seen in the first week of June, the county Department of Public Health reported.
The positivity rate in the county of nearly 10 million is still lower than the statewide rate of 1.5% and its rates of infection, hospitalizations and deaths are a fraction of those seen during a fall and winter wave when hundreds of people were dying daily.
Bears, Big Cats And Ferrets Get COVID-19 Vaccine At Oakland Zoo
Operation is part of a national effort to protect animals using an experimental vaccine.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.
Tigers Ginger and Molly were the first two animals at the Oakland Zoo to get the vaccine this week, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Saturday. The doses were donated and developed by veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis in New Jersey.
Alex Herman, vice president of veterinary services at the zoo, said none of the animals have gotten the virus, but they wanted to be proactive. Tigers, black and grizzly bears, mountain lions and ferrets were the first to receive the first of two doses. Next are primates and pigs.