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In India, monkeys stole blood test samples for Covid-19

2020-05-29T23:54:43.460Z


As the samples appear not to have been damaged, the risk of spread appears to be minimal.There are risks that one does not immediately think of during an epidemic period. Monkeys robbed a caregiver near New Delhi and grabbed samples of serological tests for Covid-19, raising fears that primates, who frequently plunder, would help spread the new coronavirus. The monkeys grabbed three samples this week in Meerut, near New Delhi, before running away and climbing on nearby trees. One of ...


There are risks that one does not immediately think of during an epidemic period. Monkeys robbed a caregiver near New Delhi and grabbed samples of serological tests for Covid-19, raising fears that primates, who frequently plunder, would help spread the new coronavirus.

The monkeys grabbed three samples this week in Meerut, near New Delhi, before running away and climbing on nearby trees. One of them chewed his booty. But the samples, later discovered, were not damaged, says medical school director Meerut Dheeraj Raj after pictures of the theft went viral on social media.

Recurring looting in India

"They were still intact and we don't think there is a risk of contamination or spread," he said. The three people whose blood samples were stolen by the monkeys were retested.

Indian authorities are constantly faced with the problem of robber monkeys, who steal food or even cell phones. In many rural areas, farmers, whose crops are looted by gangs of monkeys, have requested the intervention of local authorities to control their population.

New Delhi municipal authorities have used long-tailed langur monkeys to confront and repel other, smaller monkeys near the Indian Parliament.

In India 175 new deaths due to Codiv-19 were recorded in 24 hours, bringing Friday the death toll to a total of 4706, according to official figures. India, a country very vulnerable to the spread of the new coronavirus with its overcrowded mega-cities and its failing health system, has recorded record numbers of new cases in the past few days.

Source: leparis

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