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technicians to go to the lab and safely contain the biological material and substances available
The World Health Organization warned that there is now a ‘huge biological risk” after fighters in Sudan occupied a central public health lab on Tuesday.
BREAKING: World Health Organization says there is an 'extremely serious' situation and 'huge biological risk' after a lab containing virus samples falls into control of Sudan fighters
Dr. Nima Saeed Abid said that fighters in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum have seized the National Public Health Laboratory on Tuesday before technicians were able to secure the biological materials and samples located inside.
Some of the samples that are held in the laboratory include samples of diseases such as polio and measles, which according to Abid, create an “extremely, extremely dangerous situation.”
“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab by one of the fighting parties,” the doctor said. “This is the main concern: no accessibility to the lab technicians to go to the lab and safely contain the biological material and substances available.”
While expressing the risks of the situation in Sudan, the doctor declined to specify which side had seized the lab.
originally posted by: watchitburn
Guess who just visited Sudan back in March?
Victoria Nuland.
Coincidence?
originally posted by: loveguy
a reply to: xuenchen
tedros crimes
originally posted by: watchitburn
Guess who just visited Sudan back in March?
Victoria Nuland.
Coincidence?
On 17 April, the European Union Ambassador to Sudan, Aidan O'Hara of Ireland, was assaulted by unidentified "armed men wearing military fatigues" in his home and suffered minor injuries but was able to resume working on 19 April. On 23 April a French evacuation convoy was shot at, leaving one injured. The French government later confirmed the casualty to be one of its soldiers. An employee of the Egyptian embassy was shot and injured during an evacuation mission.
In Kabkabiya, three employees of the World Food Programme (WFP) were killed after being caught in the crossfire at a military base. Two other staff members were seriously injured. On 18 April, the EU's top humanitarian aid officer in Sudan, Wim Fransen of Belgium, was shot in Khartoum and suffered serious injuries. On 21 April, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that one of its local employees was killed in a crossfire while travelling with his family near El-Obeid.
The World Food Programme reported the deaths of three of its employees and the looting of its facilities and vehicles during clashes at Kabkabiya, North Darfur. United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that they were “receiving reports of attacks and sexual violence against aid workers”, adding that the UN aid office in South Darfur was also looted on 17 April.