All the animals, birds and reptiles kept at the Veer Mata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and Zoo are in good health, they are closely monitored by health teams, and no testing is required at this stage, said the administration, after the reports of eight lions at Hyderabad testing positive for Covid-19.

The lions at the Nehru Zoological Park were showing Covid-19 like symptoms — coughing, nasal discharge, and loss of appetite in the last week of April.