CNN: Vials labeled “smallpox” were accidentally found at the US Vaccine Research Center
Several vials labeled “smallpox” were accidentally discovered at the Vaccine Research Center in the US state of Pennsylvania. This was announced on Wednesday, November 17, by CNN, citing the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
“Frozen tubes labeled” smallpox “were accidentally discovered by a lab employee who was cleaning the refrigerator at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania, “the CDC said.
At the same time, the center noted that the employee who found the test tubes was wearing gloves and a mask. An investigation is underway, the contents of the tubes were not touched. According to the CDC, there are no indications that anyone may have been exposed to the content.
In September, it was reported that the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene a scientific advisory team on the origin of new pathogens to reopen the investigation into the origins of the coronavirus … Geneticists and animal disease experts will be looking for new evidence in China and elsewhere. Scientists will also have to determine if COVID-19 could appear in the laboratory.