Gorilla and 2 lions caught coronavirus in Prague

It has been reported that 2 lions and 1 gorilla in the zoo in Prague, the capital of Czechia, caught the coronavirus.

Within the assertion made by the zoo administration, it was introduced that the urinalysis of the animals in query was optimistic for coronavirus.

‘CAN BE CONTAINED FROM THE CARER’

Prague Zoo Director Miroslav Bobek said that they centered on the lions Jamvan and Suchi and the gorilla named Richard that they’d contracted the virus from their caregivers, and stated that the animals are continually underneath veterinary management.

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VIRUS SHOWED SYMPTOMS

Bobek stated that the virus, which manifests itself in the type of chilly and cough in lions, causes lack of urge for food and weak point in gorillas.

It has been introduced that the animals, that are said to have survived the illness in basic, will bear a sequence of exams in the approaching interval to find out which mutation of the coronavirus they’re contaminated with.