Over 300 live samples of deadly viruses—including hantavirus, lyssavirus and Hendra virus—went unaccounted for after a freezer broke.
Hundreds of vials containing live viruses have gone missing from a laboratory in Australia, sparking an investigation.Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced today that 323 samples of live viruses—including Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus—went missing in 2021 in a 'serious breach of biosecurity protocols.'The breach was discovered in August 2023, with nearly 100 of the missing vials containing Hendra virus, which is deadly.
'It's this part of the transfer of those materials that is causing concern,' Nicholls said, as reported by local news ABC.'They were transferred to a functioning freezer without the appropriate paperwork being completed. The materials may have been removed from that secure storage and lost, or otherwise unaccounted-for.
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