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A baby giraffe born in a zoo in Bali in Indonesia was baptized "Corona" to mark his birth in the middle of a coronavirus pandemic. This giraffe, which was born on April 9, is the third cub of the giraffe Sophie, his mother, and Matadi, his father, from Safari Park in Bali.

A video shows the birth of the small animal, which is a female, in an enclosure. She joins a sibling of two other individuals, explains the legend of this sequence.

The animal is healthy

"As she was born during the pandemic, the Minister of the Environment called her" Corona "," said zoo spokesperson Anak Agung Ngurah Alit Sujana. She “is in good health and suckles her mother. We are going to keep her under observation for three months, ”he added.

The Bali Safari Park has been closed to visitors since the end of March as part of measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 disease.

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