COLOMBO (News 1st); Tests have revealed that Thor, the lion at the Dehiwala Zoo was infected with the Alpha COVID variant. Tests were carried out by the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine at the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Thor was brought to Sri Lanka from South Korea in 2013 and the Dehiwala National Zoo announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19 on the 18th of June.

Source: The Nation July 05, 2021 12:00 UTC