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Gorilla loses appetite, lions develop cough after catching

COVID-19 at Prague Zoo
By Reuters Staff 1 MIN READ

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 PRAGUE (Reuters) - A gorilla and two lions have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Prague Zoo, which is
closed amid lockdown restrictions in the country.

“Lions Jamvan and Suchi and male gorilla Richard tested positive today. Their symptoms have been mild so far.
The lions have a cold and cough. Richard is tired and lost his appetite,” Director Miroslav Bobek said on his
Facebook account.

The animals were mostly likely infected by staff and other animals will be tested, Bobek said. Prague Zoo was in
touch with other zoos that have seen COVID-19 cases.

In January, a troop of gorillas at the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park suffered from an outbreak of COVID-19 that
sickened several of the group’s eight members.

The Czech Republic has faced a renewed surge in COVID-19 cases that has pushed its infection rate among the
highest in the world on a per capita basis. (Graphic: tmsnrt.rs/34pvUyi)

Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Lisa Shumaker

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