Woman Who Came Into Contact With Escaped Monkeys Says She Developed Symptoms

Crates holding live monkeys are collected next to the trailer they were being transported in along state Route 54 at the intersection with Interstate 80 near Danville, Pa., on Jan. 21, 2022. Jimmy May/Bloomsburg Press Enterprise via AP

Update on Wednesday: The woman, Michelle Fallon, told news outlets that she is not sick, saying she got rabies shots and antibiotics as a precautionary measure.

“I want people to know I am not sick regardless of what they are reading that has been put out there in the media,” she told local media outlets. Fallon said she was exposed to people who tested positive for COVID-19 at a birthday party on Jan. 21.