Monkeys steal Covid-19 blood samples in India

CORONAVIRUS | A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday.

The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a state-run medical college in Meerut, 460km (285 miles) north of Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh state.