An employee of a medical laboratory in the United States accidentally found several vials labeled “smallpox” while working. CNN reports.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the frozen vials were found while the employee was cleaning a freezer in a laboratory in Pennsylvania, where vaccine studies were being conducted.
The organization assures that there is no indication that anyone has been exposed to the small amount of pathogens and specify that the contents of the vials appear intact, and the employee wore a mask and gloves.
The case is being investigated by the competent authorities.
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Smallpox, or smallpox, is a very dangerous virus with a mortality rate of up to 30%. In 1980, the World Health Organization announced that it had been completely eradicated after the last case of smallpox was reported in 1977 in Somalia.
The achievement defined by the WHO as “one of the most significant and significant successes of healthcare in history “, made possible by a global campaign for universal vaccination.
However samples of the pathogen are still stored in biological laboratories for scientific purposes.
According to the CDC, although there is no imminent threat, they can be used by terrorists.
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