Great Apes Are in Great Danger Due to Coronavirus

A Covid-19 outbreak has the potential to wipe out our closest relatives, while the lockdown is leading to a surge in poaching across Africa

“Almost every respiratory virus we carry will also make it to the great apes,” says Dr. Fabian Leendertz, a primate infectious disease ecologist at…

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