Apr 16, 2005, 13:45
"The World Health Organization says two samples of a deadly flu virus shipped to Mexico and Lebanon remain unaccounted for.
The virus, known as H2N2 , a strain of "Asian Flu," responsible for up to 4 million deaths worldwide in 1957 was shipped to 18 nations in the form of test kits, numbering close to 5000.
WHO influenza expert, Klaus Stohr, said the specimens were never received in Lebanon and Mexico, despite being on the distribution list.
The test kits containing the virus, distributed by Ohio's Meridian Bioscience Inc., were designed to test the ability of labs to identify virus strains."
the question no one seems to be asking is how come such a deadly viral specimen were stored by
"meridian Bioscience "?
what other deadly viruses are stored by different bio companies all over the world and specially in USA ?
what about ebola does CDC have any guidelines rules and precautions for such viral research ?
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