Monkeys in Brazil poisoned because they are thought to transmit the monkeypox virus

KOMPAS.com – There are at least 10 tails monkey who was said to have been poisoned, in less than a week in the city of Sao Jose do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo state, Brazil. The reason, because it is considered to transmit the virus monkey pox.

It was reported by the news site Brazil G1 who also found that similar incidents occurred in other cities.

This condition is related to the outbreak of monkeypox cases, in which monkeys are considered as animal carriers of the virus.

Following this report, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, August 9, 2022 expressed his sadness at the attack on monkeys in Brazil, amid concerns monkey pox transmission or monkeypox.

Various parties have also urged WHO to show that monkeypox epidemic unrelated to monkeys, after the incidence of attacks on primates in Brazil increased.

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Finally, incident monkey poisoned in Brazil This makes WHO speak up and straighten out the transmission of monkeypox so far only from human to human.

“The thing people need to know is that the transmission (of monkeypox) that we’re seeing occurs between humans,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters in Geneva, Switzerland. IndependentWednesday (10/8/2022).

Harris added that monkeys cannot be held responsible for the outbreak of the disease.

According to him, although transmission can occur from animals to humans, the recent outbreaks are only related to human contact.

“The concern should be about where (circulating) in the human population and what humans can do to protect themselves from contracting and transmitting it,” he said.

Harris also emphasized that the public should not attack any type of animal, such as the incident where monkeys were poisoned in Brazil because they were considered infectious. monkeypox virus.

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