COVID-19: Lucknow Zoo takes precautionary measures for staff, animals

Director of the Lucknow Zoo on Monday said the Zoo was taking additional precautionary measures for animals and its staff amid coronavirus outbreak.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 7 : Director of the Lucknow Zoo on Monday said the Zoo was taking additional precautionary measures for mals and its staff amid coronavirus outbreak.

Among other precautionary measures include food provided to the mals being disinfected, the official said.

"Only 50 per cent of Lucknow Zoo's staff are working and they are maintaining high standards of hygiene. We are disinfecting food before providing it to mals. We have also made a quarantine ward for mals possibly infected by the COVID-19 if the need arises," said Zoo Director, Rajendra Kumar Singh.

Meanwhile, the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) has asked all zoos across the country to monitor the health of kept mals as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of COVID-19 after a tiger in a US zoo tested positive for the virus.

( With inputs from ANI )