Great Apes at San Diego Zoo receive experimental COVID vaccine
'Becoming the first non-human primates to be vaccinated against COVID-19'
San Diego Zoo
and last updated 2021-03-04 20:55:14-05
SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo are the first non-human primates to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
In 1994, at the San Diego Zoo, an orangutan named Karen became the first ape in the world to have open heart surgery.
Karen just made more history. Last month, she and three other orangutans, along with five bonobos, also called pygmy chimpanzees, became the first great apes to be vaccinated against COVID-19.