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Monkeys are being poisoned in Brazil as some people in the country blame the animal for the monkeypox outbreak. Local media have reported dozens of incidents of poisoning of monkeys in recent days.
At least 10 monkeys were poisoned at a nature reserve in Sao Paulo state â as fears of monkeypox spread grow, according to local media reports.
Similar incidents have been reported in some other cities too forcing the World Health Organization to intervene in the matter.
Urging the people to not attack monkeys, Margaret Harris, the spokeswoman for the WHO, stated that the people need to know that the transmission we are seeing is happening between humans.
Admitting that the disease can spread from animals to humans, Harris underlined that the recent outbreak is between humans only.
Brazil has more than 1700 cases of monkeypox, according to figures from the WHO. One person died from the disease on July 29, according to Brazil’s Health Ministry, reported Associated Press.
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