Lioness Dies From COVID-19 in Indian Zoo

Lioness Dies From COVID-19 in Indian Zoo
A worker stands next to an enclosure of lioness at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, India, on April 1, 2021. Jewel Samad/AFP via Getty Images
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CHENNAI, India—A nine-year-old Asiatic lion has died from the coronavirus in a state-run zoo on the outskirts of the south Indian city of Chennai, the zoo said on Friday.

There have been various coronavirus cases in animals, including two white tiger cubs thought to have died of COVID-19 in neighboring Pakistan and lions also testing positive in Spain and two other cities of India.