Move follows eight gorillas testing positive for coronavirus at the zoo at the start of 2021Nine great apes have been given an experimental Covid-19 vaccine at San Diego zoo after an outbreak in a troop of gorillas there in January. Five bonobos and four orangutans became the first great apes at an American zoo to receive jabs against the disease in January and February. The animals were given two doses of an experimental vaccine developed by the US veterinary pharmaceutical company Zoetis for use in animals. The vaccine could also be used on mink, cats and dogs if given regulatory approval. The gorillas are believed to have caught it from an asymptomatic zookeeper who tested positive for the virus.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2021 10:40 UTC