A tiger is also suspected to have died of Covid in a Ranchi zoo on Thursday night. Nine of 13 lions in Vandalur Zoo were tested for the virus a few days ago. “A few of the lions were symptomatic and one of them, a 9-year-old lioness, Neela, succumbed to the disease,” a forest department statement said. A statement from the zoo earlier in the day said the lioness had been asymptomatic and showed nasal discharge on June 2 and was treated symptomatically immediately. The park, which now has nine tigers, has procured kits to test all the carnivores for Covid.

Source: Hindustan Times June 04, 2021 18:08 UTC