Monkeys steal coronavirus-positive blood samples
India: Four patients had to be retested after their samples were stolen by a troop of monkeys, reveals a medical official
A troop of monkeys in India has attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for coronavirus.
The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460km 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 SK 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.
