Uniindia: California, Mar 5 (UNI) Nine great apes from a zoo in the US city of San Diego have become the first non-human primates in the world to be inoculated against the coronavirus, local media reported, citing zoo officials.
Nine lucky Californians didn t even have to wait in line to get their COVID-19 doses.
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The lucky primates didn t have to wait in line for their shots, and they ve already received both doses
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Posted: Mar 05, 2021 6:24 PM ET | Last Updated: March 5
Karen the great ape is one of the primates who has received two doses of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine for animals at the San Diego Zoo. (San Diego Zoo Global )
Published March 6, 2021, 10:13 AM
Nine great apes at San Diego Zoo have become the first non-human primates given Covid-19 vaccinations, officials at the California zoo said Friday.
This handout photo released by San Diego Zoo Global on January 25, 2021 shows silverback gorilla Leslie (L) and gorilla Imani recovering after a diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in several troop members at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park earlier that month, in San Diego, California. (Photo by Ken Bohn / San Diego Zoo Global / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
Four orangutans and five bonobos were given two doses each of an experimental vaccine created specifically for animals by a veterinary pharmaceutical company.
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.