"Also, RU was a participant in the World Military Games held in Wuhan in Oct 2019.

Think a special version of the Olympics for soldiers."


Vektor BioLab in Koltsovo, Siberia,
Sept 2019

An Explosion Rocked a Russian Pathogen Lab That Stores Ebola, Smallpox

The incident highlights the risks of researching and storing lethal pathogens.

*An explosion at a Russian research lab housing lethal viruses such as Ebola and smallpox was reportedly so severe that it blew out windows on Monday.
A gas canister was to blame for the blaze at the Vektor center in Koltsovo, Siberia, according to a statement.

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The Vektor center was, during the Cold War, one of the Soviet Union’s biological weapons research facilities. Today, the facility studies the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of pathogens.
At the time of the fire, Vektor still housed the world’s largest collection of viruses, including samples of Ebola and smallpox. Though no super plague was unleashed today, the fire highlights the dangers of storing deadly pathogens.


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In 2014, the CDC published a report that found it had improperly sent deadly pathogens to different labs five times in the preceding decade.
The incidents involved samples of anthrax DNA, the bacteria responsible for botulism, samples of Bird Flu, and a “highly pathogenic strain of H5N1 influenza” that had contaminated a relatively safe flu virus sample, according to the CDC.

The Vektor center itself has a history with deadly accidents. In 2004, Vektor researcher Antonia Presnyakova died after she accidentally injected herself with Ebola while conducting research.

*A GOOD READ

https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/j5yg7g/an-explosion-rocked-a-russian-pathogen-lab-that-stores-ebola-smallpox?__twitter_impression=true

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