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Russia says no danger after blast in smallpox lab

A gas cylinder exploded and prompted a fire in a Siberian research facility which houses samples of smallpox, SARS, Ebola and other potentially deadly viruses. Russian officials said there was no threat of contamination.

https://www.dw.com/en/russia-says-no-danger-after-blast-in-s...

>>drran+(OP)
Ah very interesting, I had no idea about that. Thanks for sharing.

>>phyalo+G1
The first covid-like epidemic was in November 2019 in South part of the Russian Federation, where Vector lab is located: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMh11FtfaP0

Turn on subtitles, then select automatic translation -> English in options.

>>drran+w5
This seems rather unlikely based on how quickly covid spreads in countries that don't take many precautions or slow to quarantine (like the USA and Russia) . Only countries that lock down fast and decisively like China, Korea, and Taiwan kept it under semblence of control initially.

>>stjohn+OH1
Yep, covid spread quickly over Russian Federation, but it was unnoticed until first test systems arrived. Quote:

"The first practical use of the test system for the detection of antibodies to COVID-19, developed by the Novosibirsk State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology" Vector ", was held among the employees of the FSBI" National Medical and Surgical Center. N.I. Pirogov" Ministry of Health of Russia. Testing was carried out in 204 employees of the center, who had no symptoms of acute respiratory viral infections in the previous two months. According to the results of testing, antibodies to coronavirus were detected in 30 employees of the Center working in the" red "zone and at the entrance to it", - the message says.

https://news.rambler.ru/community/44036116-immunitet-k-koron...