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US Adds British Lab to Destination List of Accidental Anthrax Shipments

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The US Defense Department on Tuesday added a laboratory in the United Kingdom to its list of sites that received live anthrax samples, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The announcement was made in line with US Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work’s pledge of a transparent laboratory review process.

Earlier updates revealed that Australia, South Korea and Canada also received live anthrax bacteria. The list includes 68 laboratories in 19 states and Washington, D.C.

A US Army lab in the state of Utah reportedly shipped the samples for research purposes thinking they were inactive, USA Today said earlier this month.

A total of more than 30 people were put in quarantine and asked to take antibiotics as a precautionary measure after the mistake was recognized.

Anthrax is an often-lethal disease. Some forms of the spores respond well to antibiotic treatment, and effective vaccines exist.

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