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Samples of lion, owls from Delhi zoo test negative for COVID-19

ANI
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New Delhi [India], May 9 (ANI): The samples of a lion and two owls from Delhi zoo have tested negative for COVID-19, informed officials on Saturday.

"Six samples of a lion and two owls tested negative for COVID-19 as per the report received from IVRI Bareilly," said National Zoological Park officials.

Samples of some of the animals including a lion had been sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly for testing of COVID-19 infection.

Director National Zoological Park, Ramesh Pandey had said that he has been getting messages about COVID-19 (SARS COV-2) in animals of various Zoos and action regarding the matter being taken in the National Zoological Park.

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Pandey had informed that the drills of sanitisation never stopped in National Zoological Park after the COVID-19 outbreak.

Earlier, two lionesses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh. Besides this, eight Asiatic lions housed in the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) Hyderabad have tested positive for SARS-CoV2 virus. (ANI)