VALLEY TOWNSHIP, MONTOUR COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — All of the escaped monkeys from Friday night’s crash are now accounted for, but general public overall health problems keep on being.
Michele Fallon of Danville says she’s concerned for her well being immediately after coming into shut contact with one of the monkeys on the aspect of the interstate.
Fallon says she never could have imagined that attempting to be a good Samaritan would direct to this.
She just gained her to start with dose of rabies vaccine and a round of anti-viral medication, following a monkey hissed in her encounter at the scene the crash in Valley Township.
“I believed I was just performing the suitable matter by serving to — I had no notion it would change out this way,” said Fallon
Fallon claims on Friday she observed a truck hauling a trailer collide with a dump truck where Route 54 meets Interstate 80. She pulled over to support the driver.
“He just questioned if his trailer was all right. He never explained, ‘if you do come in close proximity to a crate do not touch it,’ if he would have told me that, I would have been extra careful.”
That’s when Fallon came facial area-to-encounter with an agitated monkey.
The truck was hauling 100 cynomolgus macaque monkeys from Africa, headed to a lab in Missouri for tests. The a few monkeys that escaped have since been recovered.
But during the research, officers warned the general public not to come in the vicinity of the monkeys due to the fact they could transmit disease.
“I was near to the monkeys, I touched the crates, I walked through their feces so I was very close. So I known as to inquire, you know, was I harmless?” said Fallon
Because the monkeys ended up not quarantined and monitored, the CDC told Fallon she needs to consider safety measures for the reason that she was in close call.
In accordance to the CDC, this species commonly spreads herpes virus B through saliva, feces or urine.
Fallon states she grew anxious due to the fact she has an open up lower on her hand and developed pink-eye like signs or symptoms, so she went to the unexpected emergency area at Geisinger Danville.
“Because the monkey did hiss at me and there were feces close to, and I did have an open reduce, they just want to be precautious,” explained Fallon.
Fallon will be on preventative drugs for about two weeks.
The USDA is now investigating the incident after PETA filed a complaint. The animal rights firm place out a statement these days urging the United States to cease importing monkeys for experiments.
