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Biological Security - Weekly Update - December 2021

The Weekly Biological Security Update is prepared by PGA's International Peace and Security Program and provided strictly for informational purposes only. Any opinions expressed in articles contained in this Update are not necessarily shared by PGA or any individual/s associated with PGA, nor does PGA, or any individual/s associated with PGA, vouch for the accuracy of the contents of these articles.

  Global A Decade After CRISPR Discovery, the Unimaginable Outcomes of Gene Editing Emerge "...It can’t be ruled out that in the future a country that does not adhere to the ethical discipline of the rest of the world – North Korea, for example – will create embryos that are resistant to chemical and biological weapons, and will thus forge a generation of ‘enhanced’ soldiers...”
  Africa Biodiversity conservation, zoonotic diseases, and human security in Africa two years into COVID-19
  Africa Lassa fever and COVID-19 in Africa: A double crisis
  Africa Key lessons from Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
  BWC BWC ISU - Interim report of the Preparatory Committee for the Ninth Review Conference
  Canada One Health: A crucial approach to preventing, preparing for future pandemics
  Canada The race to avoid the next pandemic
  Canada Canada reports atypical case of mad cow disease, OIE says
  Canada Discovery of avian flu puts N.L. exhibition farm under quarantine
  Canada Climate change could mean some Arctic animals will be more vulnerable to disease spread by insects: researcher
  Canada Government of Canada backs innovative tech company specializing in water quality management that helps protect the environment and human health
  Canada Conservatives boycott security committee over refusal to release docs on fired scientists
  Global Charities urged to stop animal gifting programs to address escalating climate crisis
  China Covid-hit Xi'an tightens measures as China sees 21-month case record
  China China probably got rid of intermediary COVID-19 host between bats, humans, Fauci says
  China Fatal lab explosion in China highlights wider safety fears
  FAO FAO welcomes $10 million USA contribution to its COVID-19 response efforts
  FAO FAO in Asia-Pacific calls for improvements to early warning systems as concerns grow over evolving avian influenza and potential threat to humans
  FAO Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR): FAO calls for more funding to eradicate the disease by 2030
  Finland Finland to vaccinate 50k mink against coronavirus
  France Peste aviaire , une catastrophe pour les élevages, un risque exceptionnel pour l’Homme
  Global Half measures in One Health fail people and the environment
  India One Health: A crucial approach to preparing for future pandemics
  India The Indian 'germ murder' that gripped the world
  Ireland The case for integrating planetary health into the curriculum in Irish medical schools
  Ireland You think Covid is bad? Now's the time to start planning for the next pandemic
  Italy Italy Votes to Ban Fur Farming and Shut Down Mink Farms
  Madagascar The impact of COVID-19 on clinical research for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): A case study of bubonic plague
  Malaysia Ecological surveillance of bat coronaviruses in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
  Nigeria FEC approves new biosecurity policy
  Nigeria FG approves biosecurity policy to protect environment, others
  Nigeria Insecurity: FG warns against use of micro-organisms by terrorists
  Nigeria Nigeria reports 10 additional Lassa fever cases
  Global Offline: The origin story—division deepens
  Philippines Cimatu calls for vigilance to stem wildlife trade after arrest of 2 pangolin traffickers
  Philippines More high-level biosafety laboratories needed to bolster public health system — NIH
  RDC A LA UNERDC: gestion de 1,5 million USD alloués à la lutte contre Ebola à l’Equateur en 2020, la Cour des comptes va diligenter une enquête
  Global Should we worry about animals with COVID-19?
  Taiwan Containing lab accidents and risks
  Thailand/UN‌SCR 1540 New Regulation on DUI Control Measure
  United Kingdom United Kingdom Food Security Report 2021: Theme 5: Food Safety and Consumer Confidence
  United Kingdom Curious Kids: why do bats pass diseases to humans?
  United Kingdom No strike action to be taken at Dstl after ballot
  United Kingdom Dstl showcases ongoing tech projects from its labs at Porton Down
  United Nations UN fails to agree on ‘killer robot’ ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research ".....High-end proliferation is just as bad, however. Nations could compete to develop increasingly devastating versions of autonomous weapons, including ones capable of mounting chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear arms. The moral dangers of escalating weapon lethality would be amplified by escalating weapon use....."
  United Nations UNOCT #UNCCT concluded a joint training on Bio Preparedness and Response for Nigeria. The 3-day event gathered participants from nearly 30 national entities involved in implementing the #1972BWC and UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy #UNiteToCounterTerrorism
  United States Why stopping deforestation must be a priority for public health
  United States Beneath a Covid Vaccine Debacle, 30 Years of Government Culpability
  United States Harvard professor convicted for hiding affiliation with China
  United States HHS launches PandemicX Accelerator to narrow health inequities
  United States Megan Palmer: We must build a world where everyone, everywhere, can build with biology
  United States Fauci & NIH Scientific Community Urge Pursuit of Universal Coronavirus Vaccine
  United States Preventing Future Pandemics Starts With Recognizing the Tremendous Threats to Global Health From Zoonotic Diseases
  United States CEPI broadens partnership with SK bioscience in pursuit of variant-proof vaccine for viruses like SARS-CoV-2
  United States US government to implement multi-pronged export controls and sanctions measures against Cambodia
  United States Tulane researcher receives award to study the threat of diseases from bats
  United States Tom Inglesby Joins White House COVID-19 Response Team
  United States Gain-of-function research advances knowledge and saves lives
  United States Chinese aviation firms vulnerable to financing restrictions due to US embargo on dual-use exports
  United States Preventing pandemics: what can be done from an ecological standpoint?
  United States Far-Right Group Fantasizes They’ve Been Attacked With Anthrax
  United States No Evidence of ‘Anthrax’ Attack at Conspiracy Event
  United States Targeting anthrax: Durham firm aims to be global biodefense leader with latest deal
  WHO Meet Team WHO: Dr Annet Kisakye, Immunization Officer, Uganda
  WHO WHO boosts Sierra Leone’s COVID-19 response and disease surveillance with $600,000 worth of laboratory commodities.

  Africa First International Conference on Public Health in Africa Closes With Urgent Call for a New Public Health Order
  Africa Africa's COVID-19 infections pass 9.1 mln: Africa CDC
  Canada Ontario researchers create chemical compounds that can neutralize COVID-19, some variants
  Canada Large mink fur farms threaten our COVID-19 health efforts
  Canada Commons Speaker reflects on dispute over secret documents on scientists' firing
  China A reporter risked her life to show the world Covid in Wuhan. Now she may not survive jail.
  China Hantavirus infections reported in Xi’an, Shaanxi Province
  China H5N6 avian influenza in China: 4 additional cases reported
  China Biosafety Law: China’s new, stricter controls
  China China Holds Nuclear, Chemical, Biological Warfare Exercises
  Denmark Danish authorities cull 126 minks at illegal fur farm
  Deutschland Das geschah am 16. Dezember
  Global Dose-Dependent Response to Infection with Ebola Virus in the Ferret Model and Evidence of Viral Evolution in the Eye
  DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over
  DRC Dozens of cholera cases reported in Uvira, South Kivu
  DRC THE CO-DISCOVERER OF EBOLA’S LONG ROAD TO RECOGNITION (WITH VIDEO)
  Ethiopia Hungry Hyenas Can Help Human Health
  Global Festive Christmas plants may not be as safe as you think!
  Georgia Ambassador Degnan’s Remarks to Media at Emergency Operations Center Workshop Graduation
  India/Bangladesh/Malaysia Containing a Nipah virus outbreak amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
  Ireland From bioweapons and yoghurt to baby wipes and beyond
  Ireland Minister Colm Brophy to host online discussion with Dr. Mike Ryan on global health preparedness
  Nigeria Why Nigeria can’t produce COVID-19 vaccine for now -NABDA DG
  Nigeria Coalition condemns state attacks on Nigerian journalists over critical reports (final paragraph)
  Nigeria Lassa fever in Nasarawa State, Nigeria prompts intensified surveillance and response
  Nigeria Don’t allow food-bioterrorism to replace AK-47, don tasks FG
  Philippines Philippine Official Visits U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Highlights Robust Partnership
  South Africa Inside South African virology labs: Hunting for the next Covid variant
  Tanzania FAO pilots innovative tool to support One Health operationalization in United Republic of Tanzania
  United Kingdom BBC's 'Best of 2021 Stories'
  United Kingdom Inside the government's secret data room
  United Kingdom Covid sample ‘left in coat pocket’ by scientist at top secret lab
  United Kingdom Government Considers Gene Editing Animals: But What Are The Ethical Implications?
  United States Two scientists awarded prestigious Scialog grants supporting new research to detect, mitigate emerging animal-borne infectious diseases
  United States Global experts endorse legislation creating COVID-19 commission
  United States Alan Scott, the doctor credited with developing Botox for medicine, dies at 89
  United States Johns Hopkins report cites failure to integrate primary care providers into COVID-19 response as missed opportunity
  United States University of Minnesota animal science scholars research biosecurity of animal feed
  WHO Deliberations ongoing for a global treaty to deal with future pandemics: WHO chief scientist
  WHO WHO’s Mike Ryan says steps needed to reduce Omicron transmission to absolute minimum

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  Africa African governments may have to impose vaccine mandates, says Africa CDC
  Africa Why Africa feels let down by India’s largest Covid-19 vaccine maker
  Global Anticipating Future Directions of Tech-Enabled Terror
  Burkina Faso/C‌anada In Burkina Faso healthcare is free only for some: why this is a problem
  BWC ISU Article X in the context of the 9th Review Conference
  Canada Canada fourth out of 195 countries in preparedness for next pandemic: GHS Index
  Canada COVID-19 discovery: Researcher in Canada invents coating that can kill virus on a mask, prevents transmission
  Canada uOttawa launches country's first research centre focused on Black health
  Canada Human trials to begin on made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine you inhale, not inject
  Canada Canada announces support for global nutrition efforts
  Canada Lyme disease a concern as Toronto tick testing program cancelled due to COVID-19
  Canada SARS-CoV-2 surveillance in urban wildlife from Ontario and Québec
  Canada Conservatives reject Liberal proposal to see docs on fired Winnipeg lab scientists
  Canada Order to produce docs on fired scientists ended with dissolution of Parliament: Rota
  China Chinese woman dies from H5N6 strain of bird flu
  China ‘Terror and Confusion’: On the Ground in Wuhan, China in the Early Days of Covid-19
  China Xi stresses adherence to socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics ".....Xi called for further efforts to promote the legislative work in key areas including national security, scientific and technological innovation, public health, biosafety and biosecurity, ecological conservation and risk prevention, and focus on the key task of raising the quality of legislation....."
  China Chinese TV’s Newest Heroes Are Ebola Fighters
  Denmark 'It was busy': Danish PM defends mink cull oversight
  Deutschland Die bayerisch-dänische Impfstoffhoffnung
  DRC Congo's Ebola survivors unite to combat stigma and misinformation
  DRC The 2018–2020 Ebola Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Better Response Had Been Achieved Through Inter-State Coordination in Africa
  DRC DRC's thirteenth Ebola outbreak
  DRC Ebola outbreak update: More than 30 days since last positive case
  DRC Cholera kills 10 in South Kivu in recent days
  España Contribución de 20.000 euros al Mecanismo del Secretario General de la ONU para la Investigación del Presunto Empleo de Armas Químicas, Biológicas o Toxínicas (UNSGM)
  European Union EU One Health report: drop in reported zoonotic diseases in humans and foodborne outbreaks in 2020
  Europe/Africa/North America Transcriptomic signatures induced by the Ebola virus vaccine rVSV?G-ZEBOV-GP in adult cohorts in Europe, Africa, and North America: a molecular biomarker study
  Finland Finland OKs Zoetis’ Mink Vaccine to Protect Fur Industry
  Global From hippos to hamsters: how Covid is affecting creatures great and small
  Ghana University Technologists and Technicians Association holds inaugural ceremony
  Global Global cooperation is crucial for pathogen detection. The scientist who discovered the Omicron variant explains why
  Greece Greece: The epidemic volatility index, a novel early warning tool for identifying new waves in an epidemic
  Global Has the COVID pandemic amplified insecurity in the Sahel?
  ICRC Multiple Countries | Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) Outbreak: Preparedness and Response
  India Omicron scare: CDS Rawat asks nations to be prepared for tackling biological warfare
  India India’s Top Military General Dies in Helicopter Crash
  India Hyderabad Gandhi Medical College part of ‘One Health Consortium’
  Indonesia Peneliti Indonesia Melacak Potensi Penularan Virus Corona pada Kelelawar
  Israel Israel adds Biotech Software to its Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Dual Use Export Control List
  Ireland ‘We hope that from January, fur farming will be consigned to the history books’
  Japan Japan to cull 7,000 chickens after new bird flu outbreak confirmed in Aomori
  Kenya The Government has officially commissioned the European Union CBRN risk mitigation offices in Nairobi
  Latvia Latvia Detects Uncontrolled Mutation Of COVID Among Minks; Can Be 'potentially Dangerous'
  Malaysia Flashback #Star50: Farming town ravaged by deadly virus
  Nigeria N’Assembly will insist on prudent use of COVID-19 funds ― Lawan
  Nigeria Biosafety Regulation To Boost Nigerians Green Economy ― DG NBMA
  Pakistan Biosafety in biomedical labs: Students urged to know evolving research demands, pratices
  Pakistan Disaster displacement and zoonotic disease dynamics: The impact of structural and chronic drivers in Sindh, Pakistan
  Global Pandemic mystery: Scientists focus on COVID-19's animal origins
  RDC RDC-Abus sexuels Ebola : une lettre ouverte sera adressée à l’OMS pour exiger le "déclenchement du processus des réparations"
  RDC Africa CDC forme des formateurs à l'usage de la plateforme web AVoHC net pour une base des volontaires à déployer lors de prochaines urgences sanitaires
  RDC Le retour de la stabilité dans l’est de la RDC nécessite de restaurer la confiance de la population, déclare l’envoyée de l’ONU
  Russian Federation/Tajikistan Russian troops thwart subversive attack on military base in Tajikistan drills
  Global Situation analysis: Social and Behaviour Change Messaging on Wildlife Trade and Zoonotic Disease Risks
  South Africa 'I'm really humbled': SA scientist to lead WHO research into Covid-19 origins
  South Korea South Korea Develops Long-Distance Chemical Weapons Detector
  Taiwan Taiwan investigates possible COVID lab leak as scientist tests positive after bites from infected mouse
  United Kingdom UK chief vet warns avian flu at phenomenal level in UK
  United Nations UN committee calls for global alert on bioterrorism in Covid times
  United Nations PGA Member Hon. Ivone Soares has welcomed the publication of Mozambique's First National Report to the United Nations Security Council 1540 Committee
  United Nations US Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing by the 1267, 1373, and 1540 Committees
  United States New Public Awareness Campaign Urges Support for Ambitious Biodefense Goal
  United States Congress eyes new international biothreat organization
  United States Heat Biologics unveils RapidVax vaccine platform for customizable, easily stockpiled counter to biological threats
  United States Socio-ecological drivers of multiple zoonotic hazards in highly urbanized cities
  United States Penn Vet opens institute to study diseases spread from animals to humans
  United States Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to pour $3.4B over 10 years into AI, imaging and other tech to unravel biomedical challenges
  United States Teledyne FLIR to Develop AR Tech to Display Chem-Bio Threats
  United States USDA And Boehringer Ingelheim Expand Summer Research Opportunities For Veterinary Students
  United States Letter to the Editor: Anthrax attack on Sen. Leahy
  United States How a Nerve Agent Killed Thousands of Sheep and Transformed Weapons Law in the US
  United States 'The Hot Zone: Anthrax': How did Dr Bruce Ivins die? Main suspect left 'Let me sleep' letter
  United States Montgomery County, MD Chosen for Global Pandemic Prevention and Biodefense Center Headquarters
  United States Congressman Bera warns U.S. must be better prepared for biological threats like Covid-19
  United States Ending the pandemic requires global solidarity, not blame
  United States Chemical Company Keeps Combat Units In South Korea Ready To Fight