As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are presumed to have contracted COVID-19 from a human handler after one of the animals tested positive, marking the first known transmission of the virus to apes, zoo officials said on Monday.
As many as eight gorillas at the San Diego Zoo are presumed to have contracted COVID-19 from a human handler.
That's according to the zoo on Monday.
They're the first known cases of natural transmission to great apes, though for now the zoo says none seem to be severely ill and are all expected to fully recover.
Lisa Peterson is director of the zoo's safari park: "They're experiencing some mild symptoms and we're continuing to observe them but they're drinking, they're eating and they're interacting with one another." Three of the critically endangered western lowland gorillas began coughing last week, and fecal samples from one of them detected the virus.
Peterson said they suspect the team member who passed it onto the gorillas was asymptomatic.
"That's despite all of the precautions that we take.
We follow CDC guidelines, we follow San Diego County health guidelines, the team wears PPE around all of our wildlife.
And so even with all those precautions we still have an exposure that we think happened with that team member." The zoo hasn't ruled out that other members of the gorilla troupe have it too.
The virus has previously been transferred to lions, tigers and a small number of pet cats and dogs.
Among the first known U.S. cases of animals testing positive was a tiger at a New York zoo.
The Malayan tiger, Nadia, recovered and was reported to be eating and behaving normally.
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US Surgeon General , Declares Gun Violence in America , a ‘Public Health Crisis’.
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy
made the declaration in a new advisory released on June 25, CNN reports.
It is the first time that a surgeon general
has focused on gun violence's "profound consequences" in a national publication. .
Over the last decade or two,
this problem has been worsening and we
have now reached the point where gun violence is the leading cause of death among kids and teens – the leading cause of death. , Dr. Vivek Murthy, to CNN's John Berman.
That is something that we should
never take as the new normal.
There’s nothing normal about that, Dr. Vivek Murthy, to CNN's John Berman.
According to Murthy, the advisory is intended to take the polarizing issue of firearms "out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health, which is where it belongs.".
According to Murthy, the advisory is intended to take the polarizing issue of firearms "out of the realm of politics and put it into the realm of public health, which is where it belongs.".
The advisory highlights measures that Murthy believes can have an impact on gun violence.
just as steps to address vehicle crashes and tobacco-related illnesses have in the past. .
just as steps to address vehicle crashes and tobacco-related illnesses have in the past. .
Historically, we have seen how the
release of Surgeon General reports on
public health issues such as the dangers
of smoking ignited a wave of policy,
legal, and public health initiatives.., Dr. Joseph V. Sakran, Brady board chair
and chief medical officer, via CNN.
... that saved countless American
lives and in this case led to
deprogramming our nation from
the tobacco industry’s lies. , Dr. Joseph V. Sakran, Brady board chair
and chief medical officer, via CNN.
We hope this report will have
the same resounding impact on
the gun violence epidemic, Dr. Joseph V. Sakran, Brady board chair
and chief medical officer, via CNN.
In 2022, over 48,000 people in America died from gun-related injuries, according to CDC data.
In the new advisory, Dr. Murthy said, "It is up to
us to take on this generational challenge with
the urgency and clarity the moment demands.".
The safety and well-being
of our children and future generations are at stake, Dr. Vivek Murthy, via advisory
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