Itanagar Zoo will reopens

Masks are a must for every visitor inside the zoo from the time of entry to the exit, Flago said

Itanagar: The Biological Park Itanagar, popularly known as Itanagar Zoo, will reopen on Wednesday, nine months after it was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, an official said. Zoo’s Curator Raya Flago said the reopening follows a directive from the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife and Biodiversity). The zoo was closed for public visit on March 21.

Flago said visitors and staff of the biological park would have to adhere to the latest Covid-19 protocols issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Central Zoo Authority. The dos and donts say five groups of up to 20 visitors each would be allowed in a day and all staff and visitors shall be screened at the zoo entry gate with a thermal scanner. Masks are a must for every visitor inside the zoo from the time of entry to the exit, Flago said.

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“The visitors allowed to enter the zoo should not have cough, cold or fever. People with such symptoms shall not be allowed entry even if they hold a valid entry ticket,” he said, adding that they would have to undergo body temperature scanning and any other such test insisted at the entry gate.