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Biological Security - Weekly Update - November 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.

  Africa Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention’s Statement regarding the new SARS-COV-2 virus variant B.1.1.529
  Africa Antimicrobial Effectiveness Leaning to 'Tipping Point' Resistance
  Africa Mastercard Foundation and Africa CDC’s Saving Lives and Livelihoods initiative delivers first tranche of over 15 million vaccines
  Global A cascading catastrophe: The drone threat to critical infrastructure "...Aum also appears to be the first terrorist organization to pursue drone warfare, acquiring, a Russian helicopter and two remote controlled drones in order to deliver biological weapons, according to a Stimson Center report...."
  Australia Australia’s frontline defence against pests and diseases bolstered as 96 new biosecurity officers start work
  Bangladesh As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence
  Global Biomanufacturing facilities facing persistent malware attack
  BWC BWC Meeting of States Parties - Joint NGO Statement to Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties Geneva 22 November 2021 Joint NGO Statement endorsed by PGA
  BWC BWC Meeting of States Parties - BWC Meeting of States Parties - Report on Universality of the BWC by Chairperson of the BWC MSP PGA is mentioned in Section II 3 (h) - II. Activities to promote universalization - on page 3 of this Report
  Canada Statement of Canada at BWC Meeting of States Parties
  Canada Quebec zoo hoping to vaccinate wild animals against COVID
  Canada Equine Flu, EIA In Alberta
  Global Climate Change: The Real Pandemic
  DRC Novel Use of Capture-Recapture Methods to Estimate Completeness of Contact Tracing during an Ebola Outbreak, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018–2020
  Europe Bird flu outbreaks in Europe: what you need to know
  European Council Remarks by President Charles Michel at the Special session of the World Health Assembly
  FAO FAO/OIE/WHO Global Technical Meeting on MERS CoV and Other Emerging Zoonotic Coronaviruses
  FAO The Tripartite and UNEP tasked by G7 to advance One Health disease intelligence systems
  France France Detects Highly Pathogenic Bird Flu on Poultry Farm in North
  France France bans wild circus animals and mink farms, but not bullfighting
  Hungary Reservoir host studies of Lloviu virus: first isolation, sequencing and serology in Schreiber’s bats in Europe
  India ‘India gearing up to control zoonotic pathogens at their animal source to prevent Covid-like outbreaks’
  Global Investigating the origins of novel pathogens
  Laos FAO and USAID support the Lao People's Democratic Republic to tackle emerging zoonotic diseases
  Liberia The Ebola crisis and people with disabilities' access to healthcare and government services in Liberia
  Global Major Nipah Virus Outbreak Killing at 50% Death Rate, Experts Say It the Next PANDEMIC
  Nigeria Association advocates epidemic preparedness
  Nigeria COVID-19: Nigerian govt pledges to end pandemic by 2022- Official
  Nigeria Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Nigeria’s challenges to implement action plan for food system protection
  Nigeria NBMA to ensure equity in application of modern biotech
  Nigeria NAFDAC says regulation of vet medicines, vaccines, necessary for food safety
  Philippines Wanted: A thorough investigation of the pandemic's origin
  Global Predicting the capacity of mammal species to become zoonotic SARS-CoV-2 hosts
  RDC Portrait du Pr Jean-Jacques Muyembe, virologue et co-découvreur du virus Ebola
  Romania Eco–Friendly Peelable Active Nanocomposite Films Designed for Biological and Chemical Warfare Agents Decontamination
  South Africa What do we know about the new COVID strain found in South Africa?
  South Sudan Ministry of Health with support from WHO strengthens Ebola Virus Disease preparedness and response readiness in the high-risk counties of Morobo and Yei River, Central Equatoria state
  Global Study shows porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is capable of zoonotic transfer
  Global Surface Aerosol Stability and Pathogenicity of Diverse Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Strains, 2012?2018
  Tanzania/Canada Tanzania’s Ubongo wins grand challenges Canada’s Rotman innovation of the year award
  Togo AU endorses Togo’s vaccine pass
  Uganda Makerere to Become Leading Research, Science Institution in Africa-Musenero
  United Kingdom Rethinking Health Security After Covid-19
  United Kingdom Neanderthal fossil may be earliest evidence of disease jumping from animals to humans
  United Kingdom Small-Scale Chemical and Biological Production: Current Threats and Future Trajectories
  United Kingdom Mysterious seeds posted to Guernsey residents spark international biosecurity warning
  United Kingdom Coronavirus digest: Oxford chief says omicron 'unlikely' to reboot pandemic
  United Kingdom Have lessons been learned ahead of the next pandemic?
  United Kingdom Lab Leaks | Alex de Waal
  United States Statement by the United States of America at BWC Meeting of States Parties : November 2021 PGA is appreciative for the acknowledgement by the USA of PGA's ongoing robust efforts to promote Universality of the BWC in the separate US Statement on the Report on Universality of the BWC of the Chairperson of the BWC MSP, delivered at 11:44:36am on November 25th, 2021 
  United States Statement by the United States of America at BWC Meeting of States Parties : November 2021
  United States Possession, Use, and Transfer of Select Agents and Toxins-Addition of SARS-CoV/SARS-CoV-2 Chimeric Viruses Resulting From Any Deliberate Manipulation of SARS-CoV-2 To Incorporate Nucleic Acids Coding for SARS-CoV Virulence Factors to the HHS List of Select Agents and Toxins
  United States Preventing future pandemics starts with recognizing links between human and animal health
  United States Public health worker recruitment major focus of Senate’s new BIO Preparedness Workforce Act
  United States CEPI to expand COVID-19 vaccine testing network to assess countermeasures to other epidemic threats
  United States DARPA Program Aims to Develop Fundamentals of Biomanufacturing in Space
  United States Natural History of Aerosol-Induced Ebola Virus Disease in Rhesus Macaques
  United States Results of a 2020 Survey on Reporting Requirements and Practices for Biocontainment Laboratory Accidents
  United States Genetic engineering: why some fear the next pandemic could be lab-made
  United States C.D.C. Says ‘Smallpox’ Vials Found in Lab Did Not Contain Disease-Causing Virus
  United States Potential Use for Serosurveillance of Feral Swine to Map Risk for Anthrax Exposure, Texas, USA
  United States Multiple stages of evolutionary change in anthrax toxin receptor expression in humans
  United States Development of a protective inactivated vaccine against Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever infection
  United States TB bacterium: UAB researcher describe how the exotoxin is secreted and trafficked
  United States You Should Be Afraid of the Next ‘Lab Leak
  United States In Memoriam
  United States Prophet in Purgatory
  United States Tony Goldwyn Recalls Post-9/11 Anthrax Scare: 'We Didn't Open Our Mail for a Month'
  United States Daniel Dae Kim talks about 'The Hot Zone: Anthrax' and representation
  Global We May Have Underestimated The First Known Outbreak of Bubonic Plague
  WHO 'The sky isn't falling in' – WHO's Dr Mike Ryan urges calm around new Covid variant
  WHO Coronavirus origins: WHO’s Sago experts sit down for first meeting
  WHO The WHO is seeking a new treaty on handling future pandemics. It could be a hard sell

  Africa Principles for Strengthening Biological Security in Africa
  Africa Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
  Africa Africa CDC and CDDEP release African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes
  Africa Stronger governance needed to fight superbugs in Africa: Antimicrobial Resistance threatens Africa’s development
  Global A Blueprint for Global Health Security
  China First known Covid case was Wuhan market vendor, says scientist
  China Using a One Health approach to prioritize zoonotic diseases in China, 2019
  Global Could Covid Lead to Progress?
  Denmark Infection, recovery and re-infection of farmed mink with SARS-CoV-2
  Global From the wild and the tame : zoonotic parasites
  Global Gender-based violence and infectious disease in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19 to inform syndemic policy making
  Global Importance of One Health for COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
  Global Latest Side Effect of Climate Change Might Be a Bubonic Plague Comeback
  Liberia Living with the trauma and stigma of being an Ebola gravedigger in Liberia
  Global More countries agree to address antimicrobial resistance, despite COVID-19 setbacks
  Nigeria Biobanking of COVID-19 specimens during the pandemic: The need for enhanced biosafety
  Nigeria How to tackle biosecurity threats, emerging infectious diseases in Africa, by experts
  OIE As bird flu outbreaks spread around the world, OIE urges vigilance
  Switzerland INOVIO, GuardRX and Geneva University Hospitals collaborate on clinical trial of Ebola DNA vaccine candidate booster
  United Kingdom 'PERFECT STORM' Terror cops warn jihadis are falling under radar due to Covid as number of jihadis reported falls by FIFTH in 1 year
  Ukraine Decontamination of Seawater in a Harbor: Case Study of Potential Bioterrorism Attack
  United States Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the U.S. Approach to Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention
  United States The Importance of Biodefense in the Wake of COVID-19
  United States Maryland resident tests positive for Monkeypox
  United States Woman faces terrorism charges for coughing near police officers and telling them she has COVID-19
  United States FBI Reaches Out To Farmers To Prevent Agroterrorism

  Africa Africa's COVID-19 cases near 8.56M: Africa CDC
  Africa South-to-south mentoring as a vehicle for implementing sustainable health security in Africa
  Albania Defense Ministry updates list of Dual-Use Items, Technologies
  Australia The COVID-19 pandemic is intricately linked to biodiversity loss and ecosystem health
  Canada High Commissioner Chris Cooter announced a commitment of $10 million from Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program in support of the Signature Initiative to Mitigate Biological Threats in Africa
  Canada/Germany Lufthansa Technik Becomes Global Distributor for the RAY line of UV-C Disinfecting Robots
  Canada B.C. mink farmers 'severely shaken' by ban
  Canada Nova Scotia to pay for COVID-19 vaccines for mink as B.C. shutters industry
  China Prediction of pandemic risk for animal-origin coronavirus using a deep learning method
  Global Communists call for international movement against biological warfare
  Global Defanging a Killer Virus
  Denmark Danish PM denies she knew order for mink kill was not legally valid
  Österreich Schmutzige Bomben: Kampfstoffe als neue Terrorbedrohung
  DRC/Nepal Nepali Superintendent in DR Congo is UN Woman Police Officer of the Year "....Her contributions have been especially important during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, past Ebola outbreaks...."
  Global How Easily Can a Virus Escape From a Lab?
  Nigeria Govt Urged to Invest in Biotechnology to Strengthen Food Security
  Nigeria Biosafety: Experts Review Guidelines For Genetically Modified Stacks
  Nigeria Lagos develops mass COVID-19 vaccination strategy to reduce spread, prevent re-emergence
  Nigeria Nigeria must adopt Science & Tech to overcome food challenge – NABDA DG
  Philippines The plague wars
  RCA/RDC Pas d'Ebola en Centrafrique, mais la vigilance reste de mise
  RDC Ebola maîtrisé dans l’Est de la RDC
  Uganda First SynBio conference in Africa promises a bright future for Synthetic Biology
  United Kingdom University of Oxford starts new Ebola vaccine trials
  United Kingdom Engaging public representatives in biosecurity and pandemic preparedness
  United Kingdom Wiltshire's Porton Down balloted for strike over pay
  United Kingdom Further guidance to help businesses understand their obligations under new laws to strengthen national security
  United Nations UNSCAR Upcoming events
  United States Biological Weapons In The 'Shadow War'
  United States Bipartisan Senate bill seeks 9/11 style commission to investigate COVID-19 outbreak
  United States The Real Danger Of A Biological Cold War With China
  United States Bipartisan Senate bill seeks 9/11 style commission to investigate COVID-19 outbreak
  United States Johnson & Johnson to provide COVAX with COVID-19 vaccine doses to fill coverage gaps among most vulnerable
  United States Colorado House Cat Tests Positive for Bubonic Plague
  Global Was Covid-19 A Black Swan Event?
  Global What the 14th Century Plague Tells Us About How Covid Will Change Politics
  WHO Emerging technologies and dual-use concerns: a horizon scan for global public health

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  Africa Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 8.52 mln: Africa CDC
  Africa/Morocco Africa CDC Designates Morocco’s Pasteur Institute ‘Center of Excellence’
  Africa CDC proved itself during the pandemic,’ says John Nkengasong
  Africa African scientists call for policies to support synthetic biology and other innovative technologies
  BWC BWC/ISU Updates
  Canada ‘If you want to see where the future starts, it’s here’: Canada's innovation minister tours U of T
  Canada B.C. to phase out mink farming by 2025 due to risk of COVID-19 transmission
  Canada Zentek Wins ISC Challenge to Develop a Portable Detection Device for SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater
  Canada Ontario company announces state-of-the-art COVID protection
  Canada Winnipeg lab documents back in Ottawa spotlight
  CEPI CEPI adds Q2 Solutions Beijing lab to centralized COVID-19 vaccine testing network
  Global Could Nipah virus cause the next pandemic?
  Denmark Danish PM Mette Frederiksen under pressure over mink cull
  DRC Ebola outbreak rises to 8 cases, 6 deaths
  DRC DR Congo reports eight Ebola cases: WHO
  DRC DR Congo reports 11 Ebola cases: WHO
  France Bird flu in Europe: France moves to ‘high risk’
  India 'One Health implementation needs help from all stakeholders'
  Israel/Canada Israel’s MigVax oral vaccine scores $4.3m. to fast-track development
  Global Germ Warfare | Terrorists will wage terrifying new biowar as Wuhan ‘lab leak’ chaos shows they could get away with murder, say experts
  Global Nipah Virus Outbreak Eyed as Trigger of the Next Pandemic; Is Our Healthcare Sector Ready to Face Another Zoonotic Disease?
  North Korea Strategy & Policy: North Korea’s Game Plan and Capability
  RDC Ebola sous contrôle en RDC en un mois grâce à un vaccin et deux médicaments
  RDC RDC/Ebola : Deux personnes déclarées guéries au Centre de traitement d’Ebola (CTE) de Beni
  Rwanda Rwanda embraces biotech through OFAB expansion
  Global The Importance of Biodefense in the Wake of COVID-19
  Global The shifting sands of ‘gain-of-function’ research
  Uganda U.S. Ambassador Visits Rwenzori Region: Inaugurates Zoonotic Safety Lab, Strengthening Health Security | November 5, 2021 | PR 15/2021
  United Kingdom Virus Alert COP26: Scotland’s doctors on high alert for cases of killer diseases like Ebola during climate conference
  United Kingdom Catch the ChemBio SCENT! Screening, Collecting and Exploiting Novel Technologies
  United Kingdom UK orders tougher biosecurity measures as bird flu detected
  United Kingdom Rat A Nightmare Scots mum who kept 37 rats in bedroom & ‘kissed them’ hospitalised with rare disease
  United States Bill Gates warns of smallpox terror attacks as he seeks research funds
  United States Seeking buy-in for a new world health order
  United States Johns Hopkins, Council on Foreign Relations report urges immediate efforts to strengthen pandemic vaccine planning
  United States China Military Power Report Details Advances, Goals in 2020
  United States US concerned about China’s interest in toxins which can be used for chemical weapons
  United States U.S. Warns of Efforts by China to Collect Genetic Data
  United States Pentagon Reexamining How It Addresses Chem-Bio Threats
  United States Fauci says Rand Paul is ‘egregiously incorrect’ about gain of function research in Senate showdown
  United States NYC Rats: They're in the Park, on Your Block and Even at Your Table
  United States How Texas Biomed researchers are working to halt the next pandemic before it begins
  United States Denver Zoo reports world's first coronavirus cases in hyenas
  United States US orders biological warfare detection kits and decoy flares from Chemring
  United States Chemring’s US Arm Books $99M DOD Contract for Maritime Biological Detection Tech
  United States