Most Killer Flu Samples Are Found, Destroyed
From Times Wire Reports
At least 99% of the killer flu samples mistakenly sent to laboratories around the world by a medical supply house have been recovered and destroyed, and there have been no infections, said Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Health officials have been scrambling since it was learned that the strain was sent to 3,757 labs in the U.S. and abroad.
Only a “few stragglers” -- about three dozen labs -- have not yet destroyed the samples, Gerberding said.
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