Adorable pandas have been caught on camera munching on bamboo shoots at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in southwest China's Sichuan Province, and the video is melting hearts online.
The video shows giant pandas Qing Si with her mother Jia Mei, and twin sisters Yue Hua and Yue Xuan, all tucking into a feast of fresh bamboo shoots.
The CCRCGP has built the world's largest captive population of pandas and pioneered rewilding research through captive breeding and training. It also runs a global cooperation platform that links 18 zoos in 16 countries and regions with 39 domestic breeding institutions and more than 10 research institutes.
Adorable pandas munch on fresh bamboo in Sichuan center
The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached 600, with 1,759 confirmed cases reported, according to the country's health authorities.
A total of 285 patients have recovered, while 750 patients are currently in isolation or hospitalization, with an overall bed occupancy rate of 94 percent, health authorities said in an update released late Wednesday.
Caused by the Bundibugyo Ebola virus, the outbreak, declared on May 15, is the country's 17th Ebola outbreak. It has affected 37 health zones in three provinces, namely Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu.
Response to the outbreak continues to face multiple constraints, including community resistance to post-mortem sampling, insufficient treatment capacity, gaps in contact tracing, limited supplies, insecurity and restricted access in areas affected by armed groups.
Ebola deaths in DR Congo reach 600
