10 Monkeys in Brazil Poisoned Because They Are Considered Carriers Of The Monkey Pox Virus

Liputan6.com, Jakarta The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 expressed its sadness at the attack on monkeys in Brazil amid fears of contagion. monkey pox or monkeypox.

News site Brazil G1 on Sunday, August 7, 2022 local time reported as many as 10 monkey was poisoned in less than a week in the City of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, in the state of Sao Paulo.

Brazil G1 also reported that similar incidents occurred in other cities. This is related to the outbreak of monkeypox cases.

This incident also made the WHO have to speak up and straighten out the transmission of monkeypox that only occurs between humans to humans.

“People should know that the transmission we are seeing today is between humans,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said at a news conference in Geneva. Channel News Asia on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.

The WHO says that there are currently 1,700 cases of monkeypox in Brazil. The Brazilian Ministry of Health on 29 July 2022 reported one monkeypox-related death.

The Brazilian Ministry of Health said that the death case was a man who was known to have low immunity and comorbidities.

According to Harris, indeed transmission can occur from animals to humans, but for the recent outbreaks it is only related to human contact.

“People certainly shouldn’t attack the animals,” Harris said.

Turns out something like this had happened before. Moment Brazil plagued by yellow fever, many monkeys are slaughtered because they are considered dangerous.

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