Covid-19 in India: Lioness dies from the virus in Chennai zoo

Chennai - 9-year-old lioness Neela succumbed to the disease on the evening of June 3

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 neighbouring Pakistan and lions also testing positive in Spain and two other cities of India.

“Samples of tigers and other large mammals are being sent for testing,” the zoo’s statement added.