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Video: Monkeys attack lab technician, flee away with Covid-19 test samples

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Monkeys, Meerut, Covid-19 patients, test, India

Residents now fear further spread of the contagion following the incident.

Published: Fri 29 May 2020, 2:46 PM

Updated: Fri 29 May 2020, 4:53 PM

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In a bizarre incident, mischievous monkeys attacked a medical laboratory technician and made away with test samples of three suspected Covid-19 patients in Meerut in India.

The troop of hungry monkeys snatched away test samples assuming them to be food as later one of them was found atop a tree chewing on the sample collection kits. A video of the incident, shows the monkey sitting on a tree branch with the test sample kit in its hand, reported TOI. 


The incident took place at Meerut Medical College premises and the samples had to be recollected from the patients.

Moreover, although the menace of monkeys in the area is prevalent, locals now fear further spread of the contagion following the incident.



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