Great apes at San Diego zoo receive first COVID-19 vaccines
The inoculations were carried out after eight gorillas at the same world-famous zoo contracted the virus from human staff in January.
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A silverback gorilla Winston (L) and gorilla Imani recover after a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in several troop members at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. (File photo| AFP) By AFP
LOS ANGELES: Nine great apes at San Diego Zoo have become the first non-human primates given COVID-19 vaccinations, officials at the California zoo said on Friday. Four orangutans and five bonobos were given two doses each of an experimental vaccine created specifically for animals by a veterinary pharmaceutical company.