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San Diego zoo apes get experimental vaccine after COVID-19 outbreak

Michael Hawthorne

USA – Several great apes at San Diego Zoo have been given an experimental Covid-19 vaccine designed for animals after an outbreak among gorillas there.

Four orangutans and five bonobos each had two doses of a jab made by Zoetis, a veterinary pharmaceutical firm.

Eight gorillas at the zoo became the first great apes in the world to test positive for Covid-19 in January. They are now recovering.

Read more on the BBC.

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