A
troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away
blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel
coronavirus, authorities said on Friday.
The
attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in
the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460 km (285 miles)
north of Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh state.
“Monkeys
grabbed and fled with the blood samples of four COVID-19 patients who
are undergoing treatment ... we had to take their blood samples again,”
said Dr S. K. Garg, a top official at the college.
Authorities said they were not clear if the monkeys had spilled the blood samples, but people living near the leafy campus feared further spread of the virus if the monkeys carried the samples into residential areas.
Garg said it was not clear if the monkeys could contract the coronavirus if they came into contact with infected blood.
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