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US 'hit with monkey shortage for coronavirus trials' as China hoards animals

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Covid-19 vaccines face a monkey shortage as China is reportedly hoarding the animals for testing. Scientists in the US are coming up against a critical shortage in the primates as the controversial practice of testing medicines takes another twist.Koen Van Rompay, an infection disease scientist at the California National Primate research centre, told The Atlantic: “Nationally, there is basically a big shortage.”Rhesus monkeys are most widely used in research, according to The National Primate Research Centre.And the drop in monkey numbers is being partly blamed on a massive demand for the animals, coupled with a drop in supply from China.China provided 60% of the 35,000 monkeys imported into the US last year before it shut off exports.

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