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‘Huge biological risk’ after Sudan fighters occupy lab: WHO
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:09 am
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:09 am
The World Health Organization said Tuesday that fighters in conflict-ravaged Sudan had occupied the national public laboratory holding samples of diseases including polio and measles, creating an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation.
Fighters “kicked out all the technicians from the lab… which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,” said Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan.
He did not say which of the fighting parties had taken over the laboratory.
Abid said he had received a call from the head of the national laboratory in Khartoum on Monday, a day before a US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect after 10 days of urban combat.
“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab,” said Abid.
He pointed out that the lab held so-called isolates, or samples, of a range of deadly diseases, including measles, polio and cholera.
The director of the lab had also warned of the danger that “depleting stocks of blood bags risk spoiling due to lack of power,” Abid said.
“In addition to chemical hazards, bio-risk hazards are also very high due to lack of functioning generators,” he said.
The UN health agency also said that it had confirmed 14 attacks on healthcare during the fighting, killing eight and injuring two.
The fighting in Sudan has pitted forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against those of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Sudanese health ministry has put the number of deaths so far at 459, with a further 4,072 wounded, the WHO said Tuesday, adding that it had not be able to verify that number.
The UN refugee agency meanwhile said it was bracing for up to 270,000 people to flee Sudan into neighbouring Chad and South Sudan.
Laura Lo Castro, the UN refugee agency’s representative in Chad, said some 20,000 refugees had arrived there since the fighting began 10 days ago.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva via video-link, she said the agency expected up to 100,000 “in the worst case scenario”.
Her colleague in South Sudan, Marie-Helene Verney, meanwhile said that around 4,000 of the more than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan had returned home since the fighting began.
Looking forward, she told reporters that “the most likely scenario is 125,000 returns of South Sudanese refugees into South Sudan.”
In addition, she said, UNHCR expected up to 45,000 Sudanese to flee as refugees into South Sudan. LINK
Fighters “kicked out all the technicians from the lab… which is completely under the control of one of the fighting parties as a military base,” said Nima Saeed Abid, the WHO’s representative in Sudan.
He did not say which of the fighting parties had taken over the laboratory.
Abid said he had received a call from the head of the national laboratory in Khartoum on Monday, a day before a US-brokered 72-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s warring generals officially came into effect after 10 days of urban combat.
“There is a huge biological risk associated with the occupation of the central public health lab,” said Abid.
He pointed out that the lab held so-called isolates, or samples, of a range of deadly diseases, including measles, polio and cholera.
The director of the lab had also warned of the danger that “depleting stocks of blood bags risk spoiling due to lack of power,” Abid said.
“In addition to chemical hazards, bio-risk hazards are also very high due to lack of functioning generators,” he said.
The UN health agency also said that it had confirmed 14 attacks on healthcare during the fighting, killing eight and injuring two.
The fighting in Sudan has pitted forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan against those of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, who commands the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Sudanese health ministry has put the number of deaths so far at 459, with a further 4,072 wounded, the WHO said Tuesday, adding that it had not be able to verify that number.
The UN refugee agency meanwhile said it was bracing for up to 270,000 people to flee Sudan into neighbouring Chad and South Sudan.
Laura Lo Castro, the UN refugee agency’s representative in Chad, said some 20,000 refugees had arrived there since the fighting began 10 days ago.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva via video-link, she said the agency expected up to 100,000 “in the worst case scenario”.
Her colleague in South Sudan, Marie-Helene Verney, meanwhile said that around 4,000 of the more than 800,000 South Sudanese refugees living in Sudan had returned home since the fighting began.
Looking forward, she told reporters that “the most likely scenario is 125,000 returns of South Sudanese refugees into South Sudan.”
In addition, she said, UNHCR expected up to 45,000 Sudanese to flee as refugees into South Sudan. LINK
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:10 am to FlexDawg
There was a lab in Sudan?
Jesus…
Jesus…
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:10 am to FlexDawg
Didn’t Captain America Civil War start like this?
Someone go secure the Wakandan trade representatives.
Someone go secure the Wakandan trade representatives.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:11 am to Meauxjeaux
quote:Our government funds these places to do the shite they can't legally do in the U.S.
There was a lab in Sudan?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:11 am to FlexDawg
There it is
The next leg for the WHO to become the world governing body
The next leg for the WHO to become the world governing body
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:11 am to FlexDawg
What coincidental timing! US troops are already there and more en route.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:12 am to Padme
Pretty sure no one takes them seriously after being bought off by China to claim Covid wasn’t from Wuhan labs.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:13 am to Meauxjeaux
quote:
There was a lab in Sudan?
There is probably "a lab" in just about every nation on the planet.
Sudan is a shite hole, but its not like everyone there lives in a dirt hut
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ETA: And to get ahead of it.....no, not every single medical lab in the entire world that contains infectious diseases is part of a secret US bioweapons program.
This post was edited on 4/25/23 at 10:16 am
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:14 am to FlexDawg
I have the utmost confidence that the current administration will help to handle this situation with the most professional and competent leadership ever seen, much less known to man...
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:17 am to FlexDawg
Is it racist to restrict travel to/from Sudan or no?
Explain this to me like I drink bud light.
Explain this to me like I drink bud light.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:23 am to FlexDawg
"...including polio and measles, creating an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation."
If only developed nations had immunizations for these diseases!
If only developed nations had immunizations for these diseases!
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:24 am to teke184
quote:
Someone go secure the Wakandan trade representatives
Where they be?
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Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:29 am to Beardlington
Just in time for the next presidential election cycle. Amazing how this works!
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:29 am to HeadSlash
Look for the retards screaming “Wakanda Forever.” Probably just before they shoot someone then claim the cops are profiling them.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:32 am to FlexDawg
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World Health Organization
So China wants their puppet state at war in Sudan?
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:36 am to CarrolltonTiger
quote:
"...including polio and measles, creating an “extremely, extremely dangerous” situation."
If only developed nations had immunizations for these diseases!
Same thing I thought, read the list and said, is that all ya got?
Oh course these countries have labs for these diseases, they are prevalent there, or they are susceptible to them .
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:43 am to CarrolltonTiger
These eugenecists have always loved killing black and brown people. That's why they're such big fans of abortion.
Posted on 4/25/23 at 10:47 am to FlexDawg
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‘Huge biological risk’ after Sudan fighters occupy lab: WHO
thats why they needed the war powers BS they just did, so they can cover up more of their global corruption
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