"The World Health Organization advised Ukraine to destroy
'high-threat pathogens' in the
country's public health laboratories in order to prevent any potential spills" that might infect the population during the Russian invasion, Reuters reports.
country's public health laboratories in order to prevent any potential spills" that might infect the population during the Russian invasion, Reuters reports.
"As part of this work, WHO has strongly recommended to the Ministry
of Health in Ukraine and other responsible bodies to destroy high-threat
pathogens to prevent any potential spills," said the UN agency.
US Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland acknowledged that Ukraine "has
biological research facilities, which, in fact, we are now quite
concerned Russian troops, Russian forces may be seeking to gain control
of. So we are working with the Ukrainians on how they can
prevent any of those research materials from falling into the hands of
Russian forces should they approach." ZH
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