India: Jaipur Zoo lion tests positive for coronavirus. A white tiger, a panther, and another lion also suspected to be infected

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An Asiatic lion has tested positive for Covid in Jaipur’s Nahargarh Biological Park.  A white tiger, a panther, and another lion in the same zoo are also suspected to be infected from Covid-19 but their test reports have not confirmed the same.

Recently, under instructions of the Central Zoo Authority, 13 samples of canines in the park were sent to Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI), Bareilly, by the forest department. It is their test report which has confirmed that Tripur, an Asiatic lion, at the Nahargarh Biological Park has tested positive for Covid-19. However, the samples of three other animals have been considered as suspects and the IVRI has asked for those to be sent again.

New Indian Express report

 

 

** This post was originally published on May 14, 2021 **