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  • China - Bacterial outbreak infects 3,000 people after gas leak at vaccine lab - brucellosis

    sept 18, 2020
    • At least 3,245 people have contracted brucellosis in Lanzhou of northwest China
    • The contagious disease is passed through close contact with infected livestock
    • Contaminated waste gas was leaked from a vaccine plant in the city of 2.9million
    • The exhaust fumes carrying the bacteria was spread across Lanzhou by wind
    Thousands of people in northwest China have tested positive for an infectious bacterial disease after a leak from a state-owned biopharmaceutical plant making animal vaccines.

    Health officials in Lanzhou, a city of 2.9million, said 3,245 people had contracted brucellosis, a disease often caused by close contact with infected animals or animal products that can bring about fevers, joint pain and headaches.

    Another 1,401 people tested as an early positive for the disease after the authorities screened nearly 22,000 residents. No death has been reported.
    Health officials in Lanzhou, a city of 2.9million in northwest China, said 3,245 people had contracted brucellosis, a disease often caused by close contact with infected animals.
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    Sep 15, 2020 07:24 PM


    Video: A Quiet Outbreak Sickens 3,000 in Northwest China

    By Wei Shumin, Chen Liang, Wang Mengyao, Du Caicai, Guo Xianzhong

    A recent Caixin investigation has found that thousands of residents around a biopharmaceutical plant in the northwestern city of Lanzhou have fallen ill. Last summer, they were exposed to a highly contagious and hard-to-treat disease as a result of contaminated factory exhaust. Most of the patients tested positive for brucellosis antibodies, but few have been formally diagnosed.

    Video: A Quiet Outbreak Sickens 3,000 in Northwest China - A Caixin investigation has found that thousands of residents in the northwestern city Lanzhou fell ill after being exposed to a highly contagious and hard-to-treat disease. They are still looking for help

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      There are recent reports about children getting brucellosis from raw goat milk in Xi'an. It's about 626 km from Lanzhou.

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      • #5


        Eight persons responsible for brucellosis in Lanzhou were dealt with

        2020-11-05 18:25:17


        According to the Voice of China, a press conference on the aftermath of the Brucella antibody positive incident of the Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute was held in Lanzhou at 4 this afternoon. The Lanzhou Municipal People's Government and the Lanzhou Municipal Health Commission, Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, Ecological Environment Bureau, Justice Bureau, Chengguan District People's Government and many other departments have released the progress of relevant handling work on the incident.

        It is understood that after investigation and identification, from July 24 to August 20, 2019, China Animal Husbandry Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory used expired disinfectants in the production of brucella vaccines for veterinary use, resulting in incomplete sterilization of waste gas emissions from production fermenters , The waste gas carrying bacteria-containing fermentation broth forms bacteria-containing aerosols. During the production period, the main wind direction in this area is southeast wind. Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute is located in the downwind direction of China Animal Husbandry Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory. Human inhalation or mucosal contact produces antibody positive, causing Lanzhou Brucella antibody-positive incident occurred in the Veterinary Research Institute. This incident was an accidental incident, an exposure that occurred within a short period of time. On December 7, 2019, Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory shut down the brucellosis vaccine production workshop. On October 8, 2020, the production workshop was demolished, and environmental disinfection and sampling tests were completed. Level-level disease control agencies continued to sample and test the surrounding environment of the Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory, and no Brucella was detected.

        The reporter learned at the press conference that up to now, 55,725 people have been tested, and the number of people tested has reached 97.5% of the Yanchang Road street area, and 6,620 people confirmed positive in the provincial review.

        According to the Lanzhou Municipal Health Commission, Lanzhou has opened green channels and special clinics for antibody-positive people who report symptoms and provide free standardized treatment. As of November 4, Lanzhou’s 11 designated hospitals have diagnosed and treated a total of 126 people. In response to people who tested positive in Lanzhou local hospitals but were diagnosed with brucellosis in other hospitals, the Lanzhou Municipal Health Commission recommended that relevant people go to Lanzhou Pulmonary Hospital to improve relevant examination data. The "Health Assessment Plan" formulated by the Office of the Provincial Disposal Coordination Leading Group will submit relevant data to the Gansu Provincial Health Assessment Expert Group for evaluation.

        The Lanzhou Municipal Agriculture and Rural Bureau stated at the press conference that China Animal Husbandry Industry Co., Ltd. has severely dealt with the eight responsible persons: giving the director of China Animal Husbandry Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory Party warning and administrative warnings, and giving the deputy director in charge of production. Severe warnings within the party and removal of the deputy director's position. The assistant director in charge of quality assurance and the two heads of the brucellosis vaccine production workshop shall be given party disciplinary sanctions and administrative dismissal. The assistant director in charge of production technology and the person in charge of the logistics center shall be given Party disciplinary and political disciplinary sanctions shall be given to the treasury staff to be transferred from their jobs. At present, the first batch of compensation funds of 10 million yuan has been allocated to a special account on September 24 to carry out monitoring, diagnosis and treatment and compensation compensation. China Animal Husbandry Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory promises to guarantee the follow-up compensation in time and in full according to the payment progress. Required funds.

        Wei Qingxiang, the deputy mayor of Lanzhou City, introduced that Lanzhou City will continue to standardize and do a good job of free testing for the masses in the next step. Standardize treatment, achieve long-term health follow-up and lifelong responsibility. In accordance with the results of the public health assessment, complete compensation and compensation work in accordance with laws and regulations to ensure that compensation and compensation work is scientific and legal, and the people are satisfied. At the same time, the Lanzhou Biopharmaceutical Factory is urged to further speed up the relocation of the entire plant and the progress of the work of moving out of the city and entering the park to eliminate hidden dangers from the source.




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        • #6

          Some people with positive antibodies to Lanzhou brucellosis were diagnosed today and had received health certificates before


          Many patients developed brucellosis symptoms and were diagnosed with brucellosis by many hospitals, but they still obtained the "Health Certificate" issued by the Lanzhou expert group, saying that their health was "no harm". Previously, the Lanzhou incident expert group stated that the 6,620 people detected locally were all "positive for brucella antibodies", unlike brucellosis, they "have no epidemiological history."

          November 12 news, recently, the Voice of China exclusively reported that in the positive brucellosis incident in Lanzhou, many patients had brucellosis symptoms and were diagnosed as brucellosis by many hospitals, but Still got the "Health Certificate" issued by the Lanzhou expert group, saying that his health was "no harm."
          After the report was broadcast, the National Health Commission once again sent an expert group composed of experts from authoritative institutions such as the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ratbu Base, Beijing Ditan Hospital, and Inner Mongolia Medical University Affiliated Hospital to Lanzhou to guide this Sub-event detection and treatment, medical treatment, health assessment, etc. The expert group further revised and improved the Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute's anti-bacterial antibody-positive inspection and treatment plan, forming a national version of the inspection and treatment plan, and reached a consensus on the definition of antibody-positive persons, diagnosis and treatment, and health assessment.

          Previously, the Lanzhou incident expert group stated that the 6,620 people detected locally were all "positive for brucella antibodies", unlike brucellosis, they "have no epidemiological history." Last night, some people with "positive Brucella antibodies" received a notification from the community, and they were sent to the Second People's Hospital of Gansu Province by special vehicles for recheck early this morning. This morning, the first group of 10 patients who had been previously diagnosed as "Brucellosis antibody positive and no health damage" were sent to the designated hospital by a local special car for re-examination. Some patients were diagnosed as "Brucellosis" today. ". Some confirmed patients questioned that they were never diagnosed as "positive health" and now they are diagnosed again. During this period, has the opportunity for treatment delayed? It is reported that a local press conference was held a week ago to clarify that 6,620 people confirmed positive for Brucella in a provincial review in Gansu. How many of these people will eventually be diagnosed with brucellosis, and can follow-up treatment be guaranteed? The reporter will continue to pay attention.



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