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Great apes, loss of biodiversity and COVID-19 - A throwback on the race for knowledge
In early 2020 as the world discovered with increasing concern and distress the tidal spread of COVID19 infection experts also turned to our closest cousins with worry The joint statement issued in March 2020 by IUCN and the Primate Specialist Group was clear there was no case proving that great apes are susceptible to COVID19 However they were highly susceptible to human respiratory pathogens in general and thus COVID19 could be fatal Since then it has been a race for knowledge to protect great apes particularly in the wild