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Eight Asiatic lions have tested positive to Covid-19 at a zoo in India, the government announced on Tuesday. The Indian government, however, noted that there was no evidence that animals could transmit the virus to humans. According to reports, this is the first case of lions in India testing positive for Coronavirus. âWe were told almost a week ago about lions displaying mild symptoms. After we conducted RT-PCR tests, it was confirmed that eight of them are positive. We also did genome sequencing to find out if the strain came from human beings. The report suggests that the virus might have first infected the animalsâ caregivers and was later transmitted to the lions,â the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) director Rakesh Mishra told The New Indian Express. ....
According to reports, this is the first case of lions in India testing positive for Coronavirus. “We were told almost a week ago about lions displaying mild symptoms. After we conducted RT-PCR tests, it was confirmed that eight of them are positive. We also did genome sequencing to find out if the strain came from human beings. The report suggests that the virus might have first infected the animals’ caregivers and was later transmitted to the lions,” the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) director Rakesh Mishra told The New Indian Express. They have further confirmed that the lions tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus but not the new deadlier variant that has been ravaging the Asian country. ....
May 05, 2021 Reuters Eight Asiatic lions at an Indian zoo have contracted the coronavirus, the government said on Tuesday (May 4), adding that there was no evidence that animals could transmit the disease to humans. Zoo authorities in the southern state of Hyderabad shared samples with a government research laboratory on March 24 after the lions showed signs of respiratory distress. The test results come amid a huge surge in coronavirus infections among humans in India. Based on experience with zoo animals elsewhere in the world that have experienced SARS-COV2 positive last year, there is no factual evidence that animals can transmit the disease to humans any further, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said. ....
(PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN) According to officials, the infected lions were recovering well and analysis of samples revealed the infection was not caused by a COVID-19 variant virus. The infected lions have been isolated and due care and necessary treatment are provided to them. “All the eight lions have responded well to the treatment and recovering. They are behaving normally and eating well. Preventive measures are already in place for all zoo staff and the zoo has been closed to visitors to avoid minimal external contact,” the federal ministry of environment, forest and climate change said. Officials said preventive measures have already been in place for all zoo staff and the zoo has been closed to visitors to avoid external contact. ....
Updated: Share Article AAA Asiatic Lion seeks the comfort of a shade in its enclosure at the Nehru Zoological Park as the temperatures are rising with the onset of summer in Hyderabad on Saturday. | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL Eight Asiatic lions at Hyderabad’s Nehru Zoological Park have tested positive for the deadly Coronavirus, perhaps the first known case of the human infecting the feline and making them sick in India. Highly placed sources at the zoo told The Hindu that the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) informed the forest authorities over the phone that the RT-PCR tests of these big cats were positive. However, CCMB samples were collected from the animals concerned but it will take a few days to confirm. ....