US gorillas test positive for COVID-19

By Steve Gorman
Updated January 12 2021 - 2:24pm, first published 2:18pm
The gorillas are suspected of having contracted infection from an asymptomatic staff member.
The gorillas are suspected of having contracted infection from an asymptomatic staff member.

As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted COVID-19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes.

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