トラやオランウータンにコロナワクチン接種　チリ動物園

【ブインＡＦＰ＝時事】南米チリの首都サンティアゴ近郊にあるブイン動物園で３日、絶滅が危惧されるベンガルトラやボルネオオランウータンなどに、新型コロナウイルスのワクチン接種が行われた。動物園でのワクチン接種は、中南米ではこれが初めて。（写真はチリのブイン動物園で、新型コロナウイルスワクチンの接種を受けるボルネオオランウータン）
　接種されたのは、動物専用に開発された未販売の実験的なワクチン。感染リスクが高いとされるライオン、トラ、ピューマなど計１０頭を対象に行われた。３日の接種は２回目で、初回は先月１３日に行われていた。
　世界で５４０万人以上の命を奪った新型コロナウイルスは、動物園のサルやトラ、野生のシカの他、ペットやミンクからも検出されている。
　飼育下でこれまでに感染が確認されたのは、シンガポールやクロアチア、米国のライオン、ベルギーのカバ、インドネシアのスマトラトラ、米国のゴリラなど。
　ブイン動物園では、新型コロナウイルス感染症の症状が出た動物はいないため、検査は行われていない。
　米国でも複数の動物園で、飼育動物を対象にワクチン接種を行っている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2022/01/05-10:21）

Bengal tiger Charly and Bornean orangutan Sandai, both members of endangered species, have received coronavirus vaccines at a Chilean zoo in a Latin American first.
Charly, Sandai and eight other animals at the Buin Zoo in Santiago were chosen for the experimental vaccine campaign as they belong to species considered at high risk of contracting Covid-19.
The viral disease which has killed more than 5.4 million humans so far, has also been found in zoo monkeys, apes and big cats, as well as in deer in the wild, in house pets and in minks.
Along with three lions, two other tigers and three pumas, three-year-old Charly and Sandai, 26, received their second dose Monday of an experimental vaccine developed especially for animals but not yet available for sale.
The received their first shots on December 13.
The idea is to protect the animals that are most susceptible to contracting the coronavirus while testing whether the vaccines generate immunity and, if yes, how long it lasts, said Sebastian Celis, head of the Buin Zoo's veterinary department.
Lions in Singapore, Zagreb and Washington, hippos in Belgium, Sumatran tigers in Indonesia and gorillas in Atlanta, Georgia, are among captive animals reported to have contracted the virus to date.
Buin Zoo has not tested any of its animals for coronavirus as none have presented symptoms.
Several US zoos have announced vaccination campaigns for their animal populations.
Nearly 90 percent of Chile's human population over the age of three have been fully vaccinated to date, and 62 percent have received a booster shot.
It is the only country in Latin America to have started vaccinating zoo animals.