Udhagamandalam: All the 28 elephants in the Theppakadu elephant camp in the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) have tested negative for Covid-19.
The tests were done at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute at Izatnagar in Uttar Pradesh.K K Kaushal, field director, MTR, said they received the test results only on Saturday.
“We will continue to monitor the camp, where all the precautionary measures are being followed to keep the virus at bay.” After nine lions in the Anna Zoo at Vandalia in Chennai tested positive for the virus, forest minister K Ramachandran had directed the officials to subject the elephants in the Theppakadu camp for Covid testing.The MTR officials said 12 of the 54 mahouts in the camp have already been vaccinated and efforts were on to get the remaining inoculated at the earliest.
Elephants test -ve for virus at Theppakadu
