Three COVID-19 blood samples were stolen from a monkey in India.
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A group of monkeys stole three COVID-19 blood samples from an Indian health worker At a local medical college in Meerut, reports reported on Friday. After stealing samples from Uttar Pradesh, the monkeys fled to trees and chewed on them Corona virus Test kits. They were recovered later, according to the AFP.
“Monkeys packed and fled the blood samples from four COVID-19 patients under treatment,” said Dr. S. K. Garg, an official of the Meerut Medical College Reuters. “We had to take their blood samples again,” he said.
A local journalist with Times Now tweeted a video of a monkey taking off with the test samples. According to Reuters, it is uncertain whether the samples were spilled, although Garg said so Blood samples, no coronavirus swab tests.
However, there is still no evidence that monkeys can get COVID-19, the CNET sister site CBS News reported Macaques are used to test vaccines.
India currently sits on 173,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and nearly 5,000 deaths, according to John Hopkins University and Medicine.
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