Watch: Monkeys Allegedly Snatch COVID-19 Patients' Test Samples From Technician & Run Away

Just when you thought you had heard every piece of bizarre news imaginable, something or the other happens and breaks that illusion. In a shocking incident, a troop of monkeys reportedly attacked a laboratory technician carrying COVID-19 test samples of patients, on the Meerut Medical College premises, reports TOI.

Apparently the monkeys snatched and ran away with the blood test samples of three patients.

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One of the monkeys was later found atop a tree, seemingly chewing on a surgical glove. The video of the same is going viral.

According to an NDTV report, the hospital authorities admitted to the incident but said that the ¡®samples were not throat swabs used to confirm COVID positivity in a person, but regular blood samples taken from already infected patients being treated here¡¯.

In a shocking incident, a monkey snatched blood samples of Covid-19 patients being taken to the LLRM lab. Inquiry set up & the lab technician has been asked to give written explanation about why did he continue to make a video instead of asking for help.#Meerut #Coronavirus pic.twitter.com/N2bCeO2QA2

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"These were not COVID test samples, but blood samples from COVID patients meant for routine tests. The man from whom the samples were snatched said fresh samples have been collected," NDTV quoted Dr SK Garg, principal of Meerut Medical College and Hospital, as saying.

In relation to people¡¯s fear of the spread of infection he reportedly said, "Coronavirus samples are stored and transported in cold chain boxes, not in the open.¡± He meant that throat swab samples meeting a similar fate was unlikely and people need not be worried.

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These monkey¡¯s took ¡®monkeying around¡¯ to a whole other level.