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More than 6,000 people in Lanzhou city, the capital of northwest China’s Gansu province, tested positive for brucellosis, the local government said. The outbreak came after a bacterium was released last year in a laboratory of a biopharmaceutical company that produces vaccines for animals, Reuters reports.
The government has tested 55,725 city residents, of whom 6,620 have so far tested positive for brucellosis, the Lanzhou government said at a press conference, according to a report published Thursday by the Global Times.
The new figure shows almost a doubling of cases: from 3,245 positive results as of September 14, writes agerpres.ro.
What exactly is brucellosis?
Brucellosis is a disease transmitted by animals or products of animal origin. It is not usually passed from person to person, but it can cause fever, joint pain, and headache. Some symptoms can become chronic and never go away.
How did you get here?
A public laboratory in the city used a disinfectant expired in July-August 2019 for the production of brucellosis vaccines for animals, Chinese authorities announced. As a result, sterilization was incomplete and bacteria were still present in the company’s emissions – the Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Plant for Animal Husbandry.
The contaminated gas spread through the air to the nearby Veterinary Research Institute, where it infected nearly 200 people in December last year. The Lanzhou Health Bureau said the bacteria generally came from sheep, cows and pigs.
The laboratory apologized earlier this year and its authorization to produce brucellosis vaccines was revoked, writes RomaniaTV.
Coronavirus, more than 10,000 cases a day
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To date, on November 6, in Romania, 287,062 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed.
