With Covid-19 cases reported in zoo animals in India last month, the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, has released guidelines for Covid-19 investigation in captive animals.

LaCONES is one of the four designated centres for testing animal samples for possible coronavirus infection. With support from the Central Zoo Authority and Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Climate Change, it has released guidelines for zoo frontline workers on Covid-19 investigation in captive animals.