US EditionCataluña labs under investigation after African swine fever outbreak
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Virologist Xavier Abad reflected on the origin of the covid pandemic when the virus had already killed nearly three million people. “Is SARS-CoV-2 unlikely to escape a laboratory? Yes, but it is damn possible,” he warned on his blog in March 2021. Abad is the head of the biocontainment unit of the Animal Health Research Center (CReSA), the Barcelona institution registered on Thursday by the Civil Guard and the Mossos d’Esquadra in search of sign…
Spanish policemen entered this Thursday to search the facilities of a laboratory near the area where the wild boars killed by African swine fever appeared near Barcelona, as part of the judicial investigation to clarify the origin of the focus. “The Civil Guard and the Mossos d’Esquadra are conducting an entrance and search this morning in the facilities of the IRTA-CRESA laboratory”, both bodies indicated in two reports, specifying that the pro…
Cataluña labs under investigation after African swine fever outbreak
Catalan and Spanish authorities have conducted a court-ordered search of the IRTA-CReSA animal health research laboratory in Bellaterra, near Barcelona, following the outbreak in November of African swine fever (ASF) in the region. The search was carried out under judicial mandate from the Juzgado de Instrucción nº 2 of Cerdanyola del Vallès, with officers from the Mossos d’Esquadra and Guardia… Source
Spanish pork sales remain steady despite African swine fever concerns
BARCELONA, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Pork sales at local markets in Spain have continued as usual despite public concerns over a recent outbreak of African swine fever, with vendors and consumers saying purchasing habits have not been significantly affected. Read full story
With the data that has been made public so far, it is impossible to know if the African swine fever virus (APP) came out of the CReSA research center in Bellaterra. Continue reading...
The Search at Irta-Cresa Seeks to Link the Strain of Infected Wild Boars with that of the Laboratory
The police also want to know, if he left the bio-research center, if it was negligence or sabotage
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