SAN DIEGO (AP) — Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park appear to be recovering weeks after testing positive for the coronavirus, including a silverback who received antibody treatment.
The park's executive director Lisa Peterson said the eight western lowland gorillas are eating, drinking and active after being 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 made specifically for animals.