Lion infected with covid-19 probably passed it on to two zoo workers

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A lion astatine Potawatomi Zoo successful South Bend, Indiana, tested affirmative for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus aft it started coughing and became breathless. Zoo workers who had cared for the lion aboriginal caught the infection

By Soumya Sagar

4 March 2023

Big cats, specified arsenic lions and tigers, person tested affirmative for the coronavirus before, but this is the archetypal known lawsuit of a lion astir apt transmitting the corruption to zoo workers

A lion that was infected with the coronavirus astir apt passed it connected to 2 zoo employees, researchers person said successful a caller paper. Viral samples collected from the carnal and the 2 workers were identical, with interaction tracing suggesting the employees didn’t drawback the corruption successful immoderate different way.

Previous studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been passed from radical to animals, specified …

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