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Re:'High Risk of Biological Hazard' in Sudan After Fighters ... by Vecr on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @10:03PM (#35708975)
As far as I can tell these are only BSL-3 and below agents. Not great, but not select agents either. Use a well fitting P100 full face respirator or any NATO gas mask, as well as pretty much any type of water proof gloves and you should be fine.
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Re:'High Risk of Biological Hazard' in Sudan After Fighters ... by tpankaj on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @12:40AM (#35709691)
Well-equipped soldiers may be fine but low-income civilians in Khartoum would not have the means to obtain P100 respirators or gas masks.
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Re:'High Risk of Biological Hazard' in Sudan After Fighters ... by feraloink on Thursday April 27, 2023 @12:15PM (#35730338)
The National Public Health Laboratory in Khartoum has polio, cholera, and measles pathogens. There's a large pic from inside the facility here, posted in 2020. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/25/more-foreigners-fle... Looks like a wall or window air conditioning unit, so it can't be BSL-4 and probably isn't even BSL-3 ... I hope.
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