Lion at Etawah Safari Park tests COVID positive.
A lion at the Etawah Safari Park has examined positive for COVID-19 and one other was suspected to have caught the an infection, three days after eight Asiatic lions in Hyderabad have been discovered contaminated with the virus.
“Sixteen samples of 14 Asiatic lions at the Etawah Safari Park had been sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) for RT-PCR tests for COVID-19. On Thursday, one lion tested positive for the virus, while another was considered as a suspected case. The remaining 12 lions have tested negative,” IVRI Joint Director Dr KP Singh mentioned.
He mentioned the pattern of a lion was additionally obtained from the Delhi zoo and its report got here out detrimental on Friday.
He mentioned the report of the samples of the lions is being despatched to the federal government in addition to the safari park administration.
The chain of transmission of the virus may have taken place by any asymptomatic human service, most likely caretakers, working at the park, Dr Singh mentioned.
He mentioned the safari park authorities have been suggested to shift the contaminated animals in isolation.
The safari park has already been shut for the general public.
The CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology had on Tuesday mentioned eight Asiatic lions within the Hyderabad zoo have examined positive for COVID-19.
It had mentioned these animals will need to have bought contaminated by zoo-keeping employees.
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change had mentioned the contaminated animals have been behaving usually.
