SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are expected to make a full recovery weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus, including one who received antibody treatment.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that that Safari Park executive director Lisa Peterson said the eight western lowland gorillas were likely exposed by a zookeeper who tested positive for COVID-19 in early January.
Peterson said fecal samples from the gorillas are no longer testing positive for the virus. She said some of the gorillas will get the COVID-19 vaccine from a supply not permitted for use in people.