Monday, 26 July 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (254): USA, zoo, snow leopard

COVID-19 -- United States
An unvaccinated snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has contracted COVID-19.
Caretakers noticed that Ramil, a 9-year-old male snow leopard, had a cough and runny nose on Thursday [22 Jul 2021]. Later, 2 separate tests of his stool confirmed the presence of the coronavirus, the zoo said in a statement Friday [23 Jul 2021].
Ramil is not showing additional symptoms, the zoo said, but because he shares an enclosure with a female snow leopard and 2 Amur leopards, the staff assumes they have

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8545843&promed&0

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