Big cats have tested positive for the coronavirus before, but this is the first known case of a lion probably transmitting the infection to zoo workers
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A lion that was infected with the coronavirus probably passed it on to two zoo employees, researchers have said in a new paper. Viral samples collected from the animal and the two workers were identical, with contact tracing suggesting the employees didn’t catch the infection in any other way.
Previous studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has been passed from people to animals, such …