A lion at Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend, Indiana, tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus after it started coughing and became breathless. Zoo workers who had cared for the lion later caught the infection
Big cats have tested positive for the coronavirus before, but this is the first known case of a lion probably transmitting the infection to zoo workersA lion that was infected with the coronavirus probably passed it on to two
zoo employees, researchers have said in a new paper. Viral samples collected from the animal and the two workers were identical, with contact tracing suggesting the employees didn’t catch the infection in any other way.Advertisment
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