We looked for peace, but no good came;
and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah 8:15
"A troop of monkeys reportedly attacked a lab assistant and escaped with coronavirus blood test samples in Delhi, the capital of India. The primates attacked the assistant near Meerut Medical
College, Sky News reported, citing local Indian outlets.
The monkeys snatched COVID-19 blood test samples that had been taken from three patients and fled the scene with their prize. Locals spotted one of the monkeys sitting in a tree chewing one of the sample collection kits, the Times of India reported.
The researchers took more blood samples from patients.
According to Sky News, “the highly intelligent, red-faced rhesus macaques” have taken advantage of India’s nationwide lockdown in many ways.
--While the monkeys have proved an increasing problem in urban
areas in recent years, the two months of lockdown in the world’s second-most populous country have only emboldened the monkeys further.
--Reports have shown the primates congregating in parts of Delhi normally crowded with humans.
--The macaques have snatched food and mobile phones, broken
into homes, and terrorized people in various ways in and around India’s capital.
--Monkeys have even colonized areas around the city’s parliament and key government offices, from the prime minister’s office to the finance and defense ministries.
People have been warned not to feed the monkeys, lest the coronavirus mutate and infect the primates as well.
A senior biologist from the Tail Nadu Forest Department warned that if the monkeys catch the coronavirus, the contagion could devastate other wildlife that preys on the primates.
“The point is, we have very little understanding of the virus, and it is better to limit our interactions with wildlife till there is more research done on its effects on non-human primates and other animal species,” the biologist told The Hindu."
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and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jeremiah 8:15
"A troop of monkeys reportedly attacked a lab assistant and escaped with coronavirus blood test samples in Delhi, the capital of India. The primates attacked the assistant near Meerut Medical
The monkeys snatched COVID-19 blood test samples that had been taken from three patients and fled the scene with their prize. Locals spotted one of the monkeys sitting in a tree chewing one of the sample collection kits, the Times of India reported.
The researchers took more blood samples from patients.
According to Sky News, “the highly intelligent, red-faced rhesus macaques” have taken advantage of India’s nationwide lockdown in many ways.
--While the monkeys have proved an increasing problem in urban
--Reports have shown the primates congregating in parts of Delhi normally crowded with humans.
--The macaques have snatched food and mobile phones, broken
--Monkeys have even colonized areas around the city’s parliament and key government offices, from the prime minister’s office to the finance and defense ministries.
A senior biologist from the Tail Nadu Forest Department warned that if the monkeys catch the coronavirus, the contagion could devastate other wildlife that preys on the primates.
“The point is, we have very little understanding of the virus, and it is better to limit our interactions with wildlife till there is more research done on its effects on non-human primates and other animal species,” the biologist told The Hindu."
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