Tourist selfies risk passing deadly viruses onto critically endangered orangutans
Published Date: 12/7/2021
Source: phys.org
COVID-19 not only affects humans; our closest relatives, the great apes, are also at risk. A team of experts, including Oxford Brookes University researchers say that jungle trekkers could be risking the lives of Critically Endangered species of orangutans, by passing on human viruses like COVID-19.