US EditionInvestigation Launched After Hundreds of Virus Samples Go Missing from Australian Lab
- An investigation has been launched to discover how nearly 100 vials of Hendra virus went missing for almost two years.
- Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard stated there is 'no evidence of risk to the community from the breach.'
- Queensland Health is tasked with investigating the serious breach of biosecurity protocols to prevent future incidents.
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Australian Lab Misplaced Over 300 Deadly Virus Samples
A research lab in Queensland, Australia, seems to have misplaced a bunch of deadly virus samples. Whoopsie! A little more concerning is the fact that this breach originally happened back in 2021, wasn’t even noticed until August 2023, and is only just now being made public. Some of the over 300 virus samples that have gone missing include some pretty deadly stuff like hantavirus, Hendra virus, and lyssavirus. If you’ve never heard of those, they…
Missing virus vials: Australian officials investigate biosecurity breach
Australian authorities are investigating how hundreds of potentially deadly virus samples disappeared from a laboratory in a major breach of biosecurity protocol. The incident occurred at Queensland's Public Health Virology Laboratory in 2021. Now, the government is calling for an investigation to prevent future incidents. The vials, which included samples of Hendra virus, lyssavirus and hantavirus, went missing after a freezer storing the vial…
Almost 100 samples of the deadly Hendra virus have been lost in a state-run laboratory in Queensland, Australia. According to Health Minister Tim Nicholls, a total of 323 samples, including Hendra, Lyssa and Hantavirus, are undetectable following a freezer failure in 2021. The Queensland virology laboratory, where the samples disappeared, provides “diagnostic services, monitoring and research for viruses and gelt-borne and tick-borne pathogens o…
TERRIFYING: Hundreds Of Deadly Virus Samples That Can Be Weaponized Go Missing From Lab
In a shocking and deeply troubling biosecurity incident, health authorities in Queensland, Australia, have revealed that 323 vials of live viruses, including extremely lethal pathogens, are missing. Among the unaccounted samples are nearly 100 vials of Hendra virus, two vials of Hantavirus, and 223 vials of Lyssavirus, all of them lethal to humans. Despite their disappearance in 2021, the breach was only confirmed in August 2023, and only announ…
More than 300 vials of deadly viruses have disappeared from an Australian laboratory: no one knows who is in possession of them. However, the authorities - who were unaware of the disappearances for two years - do not believe they pose any danger, even if they could be used "as a weapon".
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