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More than 6,000 people in Lanzhou city, the capital of northwest China’s Gansu province, have tested positive for brucellosis, the local government said. The outbreak came after a bacterium was released last year from a laboratory of a biopharmaceutical company that makes animal vaccines, Reuters reports.
The government has tested 55,725 city residents, of whom 6,620 have tested positive for brucellosis so far, the Lanzhou government said at a news conference, according to a report released Thursday by the Global Times.
The new figure shows almost a doubling of cases – from 3,245 positive results as of September 14, writes agerpres.ro.
What exactly is brucellosis?
Brucellosis is a disease transmitted by animals or products of animal origin. It is not usually passed from person to person, but can cause fever, joint pain, and headache. Some symptoms can become chronic and never go away.
How did you get there?
A public laboratory in the city used a disinfectant that expired in July-August 2019 to produce brucellosis vaccines for animals, Chinese authorities announced. As a result, sterilization was incomplete and the bacteria were still present in the company’s emissions: the Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Plant for Animal Husbandry.
The contaminated gas spread through the air to the nearby Veterinary Research Institute, where it infected nearly 200 people in December last year. The Lanzhou Health Bureau said the bacteria generally came from sheep, cattle and pigs.
The lab has apologized this year and its authorization to manufacture brucellosis vaccines has been revoked, writes RomaniaTV.
Coronavirus, over 10,000 cases per day
Romania has exceeded the threshold of 10,000 daily infections. In the last 24 hours, 10,260 new cases have been reported. Another 123 Romanians died from coronavirus infections. 1001 COVID patients are admitted to intensive care.
To date, on 6 November, 287,062 cases of people infected with the new coronavirus (COVID – 19) have been confirmed in Romania.
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