Close on the heels of two lionesses testing positive for Covid, six staffers, including a veterinary doctor, of in Etawah Lion Safari have been diagnosed with Covid-19 were tested Covid positive.
On Saturday, 85 employees of the Safari were made to undergo rapid antigen tests in which five staffers, three regular and two contractual, were found positive. On Friday, the doctor who was treating the animals was also found to be positive.
Regional forest officer of the Safari Vinit Saxena said in Etawah on Saturday that all the Covid positive staffers have been asked to self-isolate and their treatment has started. However, all the staffers found positive were not involved in duty near the animals.
Etawah Safari Park director KK Singh confirmed that two lionesses tested positive for Covid after their samples were sent to IVRI, Bareilly.
Both lionesses were not having their regular diet and also had fever after which the blood and stool samples were sent to IVRI early this week. Both the lionesses were kept in isolation and their medical treatment was started.
Meanwhile, Saxena said both the lionesses were stable and were roaming around. But they are still not having a regular diet even as their haemoglobin is 14, he added.