Hundreds of deadly virus samples are missing from a lab in Australia, the Queensland Government announced on Monday. Queensland Health has launched an investigation into the “major historical breach.'
Hundreds of deadly virus samples are missing from a laboratory in Australia, the Queensland government announced on Monday. The government has instructed Queensland Health — Australia’s public health department — to launch an investigation into what’s being described as a 'major historical breach of biosecurity protocols,' according to the online media statement.
It’s important to note that virus samples would degrade very rapidly outside a low temperature freezer and become non-infectious,' he said. 'It’s very unlikely that samples were discarded in general waste, as this would be completely outside routine laboratory practice.' There have been no human cases of Hendra or Lyssavirus in Queensland over the past five years, Gerrard noted, and no confirmed Hantavirus infections 'ever in Australia.
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