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 was reported that 323 vials of multiple infectious viruses — including Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus — went missing from Queensland’s Public Health Virology Laboratory in August 2023.
The lab where the samples went missing provides "diagnostic services, surveillance and research for viruses and mosquito and tick-borne pathogens of medical importance," the release stated.
It is not known whether the infectious samples were stolen or destroyed, the statement said, and there is "no evidence of risk to the community."
The pathogens reported missing are all high-consequence and could pose a threat to the public," he told Fox News Digital.
The three pathogens can have very high fatality rates in humans, Scarpino said, but they do not transmit readily from person to person.
"Some hantaviruses have case fatality rates of up to 15%, or over 100 times more lethal than COVID-19, while others are more similar to COVID-19 in terms of severity," he said.
Posted by External-Noise-4832
5 Comments
These places all need shut down. I am sure they will use it to terrorize us all. Probably some shadow people like let the last one loose… if it wasn’t just the flu anyways.
Hundreds of vials containing live viruses have gone missing from a laboratory in Australia, sparking an investigation.
I thought this was gonna be the next global pandemic, I didn’t even notice the part when I first skimmed over the article where it said it happened in August 2023, more than a year ago.
Is this what the Drones are dropping?
The story to a resident evil game.