Wednesday, April 13, 2005
CNN: WHO urges virus sample destruction
WHO urged labs across the world to destroy samples of a deadly flu virus that killed more than 1 million people including 70,000 people in the US in 1957. The College of American Pathologists said they obtained the samples from Meridian Bioscience a Cincinnati Ohio based vendor. A Canadian lab identified the virus and alerted authorities.
The sample was sent to labs in the US and Canada, and also 61 labs in other countries: Bermuda, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, China.
Do you recognize any countries that might want to produce this virus to intentionally hurt people?
The sample was sent to labs in the US and Canada, and also 61 labs in other countries: Bermuda, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, China.
Do you recognize any countries that might want to produce this virus to intentionally hurt people?
