LONDON: Two hippos in the zoo in Belgium have been contracted covid and have been taken to quarantine, media reported.
According to officials at the Antwerp Zoo, Imani, 14 years old, and Hermien, 41, captured the virus, the BBC reported.
Animals are fine, besides having a runny nose, officials said.
Meanwhile, the limitations have been tightened at the zoo to negative with diamonds.
Globally, there are several prisoners and pet animal reports that are infected with SARS-COV-2.
Noses Hippos is usually wet, but the veterinarian at Antwerp Zoo decides to test the partner after they pay attention to them “drive away the ingus”, the report said.
Their enclosure has been closed.
Their handlers — who have tested negatively – must wear masks and safety glasses, and disinfect their footwear before contact with hippos.
“As far as I know, this is the first recorded contamination among these species.
Throughout the world the virus is mostly seen in the apes and sturdy,” Antwerpus Francis Vercammen Veterinary said as quoted.
Earlier this week, Canada also confirmed that three Covid cases have been found in Wild Reb – the first report in the country of wildlife.
But limited testing means no one knows how usually the Coronavirus in the wild, the report said.