THERE are plenty of days when the Dispensary Corner team thank their lucky stars that their job involves publishing the news and not something else.
Today is one of those days, after it emerged that four lions at Barcelona Zoo in Spain had tested positive for COVID-19.
While readers may have ethical issues with zoological gardens, imagine being the poor unfortunate sent into the enclosure to take the swabs, with little more than latex gloves and a face mask for protection!
Media reports have confirmed the testing involved the same process as for humans - a swab down the throat, then up the nose.
Spanish authorities have confirmed that two staff members at the zoo have also tested positive for the virus, as investigations into how the big cats caught the virus continue.
The Veterinary Service of Barcelona has contacted experts at Bronx Zoo in New York for advice, with the American zoo the only other place where large felines have contracted COVID-19.
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