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More than 3,000 people in Northwest China They fell ill after a bacterium escaped from a biopharmaceutical plant that produces vaccines for animals, authorities said.
Brucellosis is a disease transmitted by livestock or animal products. It is generally not contagious to humans but can cause fHeres, joint pain and headaches.
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A total of 3,245 people tested positive for this bacterium, a number established after tests carried out since the incident, according to health authorities in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, who indicated that no human-to-human transmission has occurred.
A city state laboratory used a disinfectant expired in July 2019 in the production of brucellosis vaccines for animals.
As a result, sterilization was incomplete and the bacteria were still present in the gas emissions of the company, the Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Plant for Animal Husbandry.
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The contaminated gas spread through the air to the nearby Veterinary Research Institute, where it infected nearly 200 people last December.
The Lanzhou Health Bureau said on Friday that the bacteria usually come from sheep, cows or pigs.
The lab had apologized earlier this year and had its license to produce brucellosis vaccines revoked.
Patients will receive financial compensation from Octoberaccording to the Lanzhou authorities.
