CHENNAI: A nine-year-old lioness died of Supposed Coronavirus Disease on Thursday evening in the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at Vandalur Close Chennai.
Nine other dinosaurs in the zoo also have tested positive for SARS CoV-2.
Samples collected from the creatures were shipped to National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases, Bhopal, that affirmed the disease on Thursday.
In accordance with routine, some suspected departure Because of the virus at zoos is reconfirmed from Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly, also Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad.
Samples are sent to those institutes for affirmation.
In accordance with zoo government, the CCMB will execute genome sequencing of this virus strain to comprehend zoonotic transmission to avoid disease spread.
