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Anthrax Prompts Dept. of Defense Review

CLEANING UP

Live virus was shipped worldwide.

While investigating how live Anthrax samples were inadvertently shipped to various laboratories across the globe, the Department of Defense discovered a total of “9 Labs – 5 additional from our initial announcement, which includes one additional state and one additional foreign country (Australia),” Army Col. Steven Warren said in a statement to the press. “As a result, Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work has ordered a review of all DoD labs,” including procedures, processes and protocols. A total of 24 labs in 11 states and two foreign countries may have received the live virus, but are not believed to be a threat to the public or lab workers.