In 2021, over 300 vials containing deadly viruses went missing from a lab in Queensland, Australia. These viruses are dangerous and have high mortality rates. It took nearly two years for the authorities to confirm the loss, and the public only learned about it this week.
The missing samples were kept in the Queensland Public Health Virology Laboratory. The trouble started when a freezer broke down sometime in 2021, causing the samples to become unaccounted for. While the issue was discovered in August 2023, the authorities didn't officially confirm the incident until Monday.
The vials contained samples of three dangerous viruses: Hantavirus, Hendra virus, and Lyssavirus. Each of these viruses has the potential to cause serious illness or death in humans.
Hantavirus is a rodent-borne virus, and it has a mortality rate of about 38%. It's extremely rare but dangerous.
Hendra virus was first found in horses in the 1990s, and it can cause severe illness in humans, often l...
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