A number of monkeys at the Zoo in the American city of San Diego received an anti-corona virus vaccine specially designed for animals, making them the first non-human primates to be vaccinated against “Covid-19”, as zoo officials reported via Twitter.

Four monkeys of the species “orangutans” and five monkeys of the “bonobo” have been vaccinated, and the zoo plans to vaccinate three other monkeys and a gorilla.

There were gorillas in this park. Located in Southern California, which is one of the largest zoos in the world, it was infected with the Coronavirus in early January, and was subjected to quarantine after symptoms appeared on it. Normal to great apes. The animals have since recovered.

The following month, four orangutan and five bonobo monkeys in San Diego received two doses of an experimental vaccine developed by the specialist company Zoetis.

*) Among the animals that received the experimental vaccine was the female Orang Utan “Karen”, who in 1994 was the first non-human being to undergo an open heart surgery.

Studies have shown that certain types of primates can be infected with the responsible virus. On “Covid-19”.

Humans and other primates have a very similar genome, with gorillas sharing about 98 percent of their DNA with humans. In Africa, the Ebola virus has decimated chimpanzees and gorillas.

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