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WHO says there is a biological risk after lab take-over in Sudan

10 pointsby jonas_kgomoabout 2 years ago

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jonas_kgomoabout 2 years ago
For context here is a link: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;sudan-virus-risk-world-health-organization-says-lab-occupied-disease-samples&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbsnews.com&#x2F;news&#x2F;sudan-virus-risk-world-health-o...</a><p>&gt; Fighters have occupied a national public laboratory in Sudan holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an &quot;extremely, extremely dangerous&quot; situation, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. Fighters &quot;kicked out all the technicians from the lab... which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,&quot; said Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO&#x27;s representative in Sudan
cs702about 2 years ago
The following Reuters article has more detail:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;africa&#x2F;sudan-fighting-abates-overnight-allowing-more-people-flee-2023-04-25&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reuters.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;africa&#x2F;sudan-fighting-abates-o...</a><p>Quoting:<p><i>&gt; ... the WHO&#x27;s Nima Saeed Abid said gunmen had thrown technicians out of the National Public Health Laboratory. &quot;This is the main concern: no accessibility to the lab technicians to go to the lab and safely contain the biological material and substances available,&quot; he said.</i><p>A pathogen escaping an obscure lab in Africa is probably the last thing the world needs right now :-(
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