LOS ANGELES: Nine great apes at the San Diego Zoo - four orangutans and five bonobos - made veterinary history in recent weeks as the world's first non-human primates known to be vaccinated against COVID-19, zoo officials said on Thursday .
Zoo officials went ahead with the shots over concerns about the animals' well-being after a troop of eight gorillas at the affiliated San Diego Zoo Safari Park fell ill with COVID-19 in January, marking the first known transmission of the virus to great apes. Winston was treated with a variety of medications, including a coronavirus antibody therapy for non-humans.The gorillas were not vaccinated because veterinarians assumed their immune systems had already developed antibodies to the virus. They were thought to have caught the illness from an asymptomatic staff member.
Zoo staff began administering the shots to some of the animals in January and continued through February, with the last few given in March, Davis said.
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