COVID-19: Two lions test positive in India
Published 8 May 2021
In the midst of the Covid-19 upsurge in India, two lions at a safari park have been tested positive for the virus.
India has experienced an upsurge in the coronavirus pandemic. Last Wednesday, the country recorded up to 3,780 Covid-19 deaths, being the highest single-day death toll.
Hospitals in India are also struggling to meet up with the excessive increase of Covid-19 patients.
So far, animals have also been affected by the virus as two lions at the safari park tested positive for the virus.
According to officials at Etawah Safari Park in the Indian State Uttar Pradesh, both the lions were discovered to have high temperature and their samples were sent for testing, CNN reported.