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Gorillas test positive for coronavirus at zoo in San Diego Three infected animals are exhibiting symptoms like coughing, officials said
Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 12:59 Updated: Tue, Jan 12, 2021, 13:20
As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted Covid-19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes. Video: Reuters
Members of the Gorilla Troop are seen in their habitat on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Photograph: Ken Bohn/San Diego Zoo Safari Park via AP
Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the coronavirus, becoming what federal officials said Monday were the first known apes in the US to be infected.
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Gorillas test positive for Covid-19 at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
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The gorillas are believed to have contracted the virus from an asymptomatic staff member, despite adherence to strict bio-security protocols
As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted Covid-19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes, zoo officials said on Monday.
Three among the band of critically endangered western lowland gorillas at the sprawling wildlife park have shown symptoms of the respiratory virus, such as coughing, though none appears severely ill, and all are expected to fully recover, the zoo said in online statements.