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The bodies of three monkeys were found Tuesday evening in Antonina, on the coast of Paraná (22). The state health department (Sesa) will examine whether the death of animals was caused by yellow fever.
Sesa reported that there was a risk of yellow fever in the area, due to its proximity to São Paulo. The neighboring state recorded 12 cases and six deaths from yellow fever in January 2019.
The animals were found in Morro do Queimado.
According to information provided by Antonina 's mayor, one of the corpses only had bones, the other was in advanced decomposition status and the third had been in the state of decay. seems to have died recently.
Secretariat technicians gathered the necessary equipment to carry out the necessary tests for the diagnosis of the disease and sent the samples to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) in Paraná.
The exams should be ready in seven days.
According to Sesa, it is recommended that people look for the yellow fever vaccine in state health facilities.
Environmental Health Monitoring Center veterinarian Ivana Belmonte warns that people do not kill monkeys for fear of disease because they do not transmit the disease – according to the Ministry of Health, misinformation. has already incited people to commit the crime of killing monkeys in São Paulo and Rio.
Sesa remembers that animals are allies in the fight against the disease because they can report the existence of the mosquito carrying the virus.
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