WHO: Monkey Acne epidemic has nothing to do with monkeys

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Monkey acne epidemic has appeared in many places around the world, and the stigma incidents have also intensified. According to Agence France -Presse reports on the 9th, a spokesman for the World Health Organization said on the same day that the current people of the monkey acne epidemic are rumored rather than animal preacher, which has nothing to do with monkeys. Do not harm, discriminate and stigmatize any animals or infections. Monkey acne virus exists on several animals, mainly rodents. The virus was named monkey acne because it was first discovered on the monkeys in a zoo in Denmark, but the monkey was not the main communicationer of the monkey acne and had nothing to do with the outbreak.

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Earlier reports said that there were many monkeys that were attacked or poisoned in Brazil. Within a week, a total of 10 monkeys were poisoned in a natural protected area in the Rio Predesti area of ​​San Paulo. Animal rescuers suspected that the monkey was assaulted by the local diagnosis of three cases of acne. At present, there are more than 1,700 monkey acne diagnosis in Brazil. At the end of last month, it was confirmed that a monkey acne infection was unfortunately died, and some people were angry at the monkey. At the end of 2016, a yellow fever epidemic on Brazil, many monkeys were also infected with viruses and died in a large number of deaths. It caused local people to panic and worried that monkeys spread the epidemic. Animal protector said that people should pay more attention to their own protection than harming animals. (Zhen Xiang)

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