A recent commentary, penned by a group of conservation and primate experts, asks the international community to take action to protect the great apes from potential SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The COVID-19 pandemic has touched almost every corner of the globe. Authorities are battling to slow its spread, and human health has rarely been more acutely in the spotlight.
Some scientists, meanwhile, are asking whether this novel virus might impact nonhuman animals, too. Experts believe that SARS-CoV-2 originated in animals and passed to humans.
Most researchers now believe that it began in bats, then passed into pangolins before infecting humans. However, it is not clear whether this virus might move from humans into other animals, in a process is