A 9-year-old lioness at the Indian Zoo died of COVID-19 infection. Are there any other animals infected with COVID-19 virus?

Since last year, the COVID-19 outbreak has caused panic all over the world. Now the COVID-19 epidemic in China has been brought under control. However, in some countries around the world, the number of new cases of COVID-19 epidemic continues to increase, which has not been well controlled, especially in India.

Every news about the COVID-19 epidemic will refresh our knowledge. Recently, a nine-year-old lioness in a zoo in India died of virus infection. The virus is suspected to be COVID-19 virus, because the lion had a runny nose before he died. In addition, eight other lions in this zoo were also infected. The body of the dead lion has been sent to the research institute for research. Earlier, some medical scientists said that the COVID-19 epidemic would not infect animals such as cats and dogs. But now this Indian case has once again refreshed COVID-19's strength. This is not the first time that a virus has mutated.

This also has a lot to do with local customs in India, such as the Ganges corpse that was popular in the news a while ago. After the media went to investigate, relevant personnel said that there were COVID-19 patients among the bodies that appeared in the Ganges River. This is closely related to the local water burial. The outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic has brought huge losses to India, which is not rich, lacking in medical equipment and hospital resources. Many infected patients died even before they were sent to the hospital.

And because of the high price of local timber. Many people can't afford to buy soil. As a result, the water burial method of the dead patient's body was hastily solved. The water source of Ganges River is not only the source of domestic water for local residents, but also the source of drinking water. Someone has specially studied the water quality of the Ganges River and found that each drop of water contains as many bacteria as a Petri dish. In addition, the Indian people's protection measures and disposal methods for corpses are not standardized, which has caused this situation today.