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Beijing, September 18, 2020 – A bacterium ‘escapes’ from a biopharmaceutical plant that produces vaccines for animals and in a city of the China rampant northwest brucellosis. There is no yellow around what happened Lanzhou, capital of the province of Gansu. And no secret laboratory to feed conspiracy theories. But more than 3 thousand infected (3245 to be precise) and the confirmation of local authorities: the epidemic is due to the release of the bacteria, which dates back to 2019. In July-August of last year, in fact, in laboratory An expired disinfectant was used for the sterilization process. Which, needless to say, turned out to be incomplete and ineffective: the gas emissions released by the structure still contained the bacteria that spread through the air. Until reaching the nearby veterinary research institute last December, where about 200 people were infected. So the tests carried out after the accident updated the balance of those who had contracted it disease more than 3 thousand people. An apology was not enough for the laboratory: its license for brucellosis vaccines was immediately withdrawn. Starting in October, patients will receive cash compensation, authorities say.
Brucellosis
It is a bacterial infectious disease that is transmitted by livestock or animal products. The Lanzhou Health Bureau specified that the bacteria generally come from sheep, cows or pigs. It is generally not contagious between humans, and even in this case the authorities assure that there has been no type of person-to-person transmission. Between brucellosis symptoms fever, joint pain, and headache. Disease in cattle is much more serious when it can cause bovine mastitis me abortion.
Coronavirus, the newsletter for September 18
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