Biological Security - Weekly Update - September 2022

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.

September26

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Call To Action: Africa’s New Public Health	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Communique on the Operationalization of the Lusaka Call-To-Action to Strengthen Public Health Emergency Operations Centres in African Union Member States	Home – Africa CDC
Argentina	COMITÉ DE COORDINACIÓN PARA LA PREVENCIÓN Y LUCHA CONTRA EL LAVADO DE ACTIVOS, LA FINANCIACIÓN DEL TERRORISMO Y LA PROLIFERACIÓN DE ARMAS DE DESTRUCCIÓN MASIVA	Boletino Oficial de la Republica Argentina
BWC ISU/UNIDIR	BWC ISU/UNIDIR Briefing on upcoming 9th BWC RevCon	Twitter
BWC ISU	BWC ISU Regional Asia Pacific Meeting/Briefing on upcoming 9th BWC RevCon	Twitter
BWC ISU	24 African States Parties to the #1972BWC will attend the 4th Regional Preparatory Meeting this week in Addis Ababa	Twitter
Global	Can Science Prevent A Pandemic?	Inverse
Global	Can Zoonotic Exposure Predict COVID-19 Prevalence?	Contagion Live
China/Japon	La Unidad 100 del ejército japonés probó armas biológicas en personas y animales en China	CGTN
Global	Coronavirus shedding by straw-colored fruit bats in Africa with potential for zoonotic pathogen transmission	Medical News \| Medical Articles
Côte d’Ivoire	Interdiction de la fabrication et du stockage des armes bactériologiques : Le projet de loi adopté à l’unanimité au Sénat	À LA UNE - Afrikipresse
Côte d’Ivoire	One Health in action: Rabies training brings together human and animal health professionals in Côte d’Ivoire	World Health Organization (WHO)
Deutschland	Großübung zu Terrorangriff mit Bio-Kampfstoff: FBI dabei	Aktuelle News aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Kultur & mehr \| Merkur.de
Deutschland	Berlin trainiert for einen Terroranschlag mit Biowaffen	Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Berlin und der Welt - Berliner Morgenpost
Deutschland	Behörden simulieren Einsatz bei Terroranschlag mit Bio-Waffen	Nachrichten aus Berlin und Brandenburg \| rbb24
Global	Engineering an enzyme against antibiotic-resistant anthrax	Science Daily
España	El Bernabéu será escenario de un simulacro de atentado en el estadio con armas nucleares, biológicas o químicas	El Confidencial Digital
Iraq	Disease ecologist investigates ‘stealthy’ pathogen in Iraq	The NAU Review – The official news source for Northern Arizona University
Kenya	African conservationists say bushmeat trade fueling zoonotic diseases	Xinhua – China, World, Business, Sports, Photos and Video \| English.news.cn
Global	La nueva amenaza de la inteligencia artificial: armas biológicas más letales que nunca	FayerWayer
Mongolia	Human plague case reported in Khovd province	Outbreak News Today -
Global	Monkeypox outbreak highlights need for One Health approach to prevent future zoonotic diseases	Newswise \| Leading Source of Research News
Myanmar	National Points of Contact for all matters related to UNSCR 1540 from Myanmar are updated.	The United Nations
Namibia	Namibia utilises One Health for rabies control including oral rabies vaccines for dogs	World Health Organization (WHO)
Nigeria	Association Trains Women, Youths On Mechanized Poultry Business	Homepage – Voice of Nigeria
Nigeria	Flu: Lagos begins decontamination of 35 live-bird markets	The Guardian Nigeria News
Global	Opinion: The need for a genomics-driven pathogen global warning system	devex.com
Pakistan	Workshop on zoonotic threats to human population held	Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, Lifestyle
Uganda	11 dead in suspected and confirmed Ebola cases in Uganda	CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Uganda	Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows	Reuters
Uganda	How schools have planned to protect learners from Ebola	Home \| Monitor
Uganda	Doctors scramble to contain new Ebola outbreak as virus spreads	The Telegraph - Telegraph Online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph
Uganda	Medics shun Ebola response call	Home \| Monitor
Uganda	Ebola outbreak in Uganda: the health system has never been better prepared	The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Uganda	MSF responds to rare Ebola outbreak	Home \| Doctors Without Borders - USA
Uganda	WHO bolsters Ebola disease outbreak response in Uganda	WHO \| Regional Office for Africa
Uganda	In Uganda, virus hunters search for traces of next pandemic	Equal Times
United Kingdom	Corporate report: Chemical Biological Radiological	Welcome to GOV.UK
United States	Biological weapons threat evolving, experts say	Roll Call - Covering Capitol Hill Since 1955
United States	Department of Commerce Implements Additional Export Controls against Russia and Belarus and Refines Existing Controls	Sanction and Export Controls Update
United States	Thought COVID was bad? DOD taps Evotec to bolster its defenses against bubonic plague	Fierce Biotech
United States	Zoonotic Disease Initiative Awards $9 million to Tribes and States to Fund Wildlife Disease Prevention and Preparedness	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
United States	Researchers put finishing touches on biosecurity tool to help prevent, minimize future pandemics	US Dept. of Agriculture
United States	Watch These Viruses Most For Spillover To Humans	Futurity: Research News from Top Universities
United States	How concerned should we be about the first confirmed monkeypox death in the U.S.?	Yahoo News
United States	CSU’s One Health Institute names Colleen Webb interim director	Colorado State University News - SOURCE
United States	W. Ian Lipkin Joins Taskforce to Address Risks of Lab-Based Pathogen Outbreaks	Columbia Public Health \|
United States	CDC provides $90M in funding to establish pathogen genomics network	Modern Healthcare
United States, Australia	US, Australia Make Heavy Investments in Pandemic Preparedness Research	Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research Jobs \| BioSpace
United States	WMD Terrorism Threats: Assessing and Prosecuting	Non-Profileration.org
United States	Industry Perspective: The Time to Prepare for Next Pandemic Is Upon Us	National Defense Magazine \| NDIA's Business & Technology Magazine
United States	Polio is back in the United States. How did that happen?	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
WHO	Global guidance framework for the responsible use of the life sciences: mitigating biorisks and governing dual-use research	World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO	Collaborating for better global health: New Tripartite Operational Tools	World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO	Seventy years of GISRS – the Global Influenza Surveillance & Response System	World Health Organization (WHO)
Global	Why wiping out monkeypox could be impossible, with more outbreaks expected in the years ahead	CBC.ca - watch, listen, and discover with Canada's Public Broadcaster

September19

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	A continent-wide collaboration on genomics surveillance show the power of African science and how the majority of COVID-19 variants were introduced into Africa	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Multi-country research on antimicrobial resistance in Africa reveals only five of 15 antibiotic-resistant pathogens designated by the WHO as priority pathogens are consistently tested	Home – Africa CDC
Australia	Five virus families that could cause the next pandemic	The University of Sydney - One of the top universities in Australia
Global	Bioterror Concerns 'Renewed' Amid COVID, but No 'Mortal Blow' Says Expert	Newsweek
Canada	Celebrating world-renowned infectious disease researcher Dr. Francis Plummer	UM Today \| Your Source for University of Manitoba News
Egypt	College of Public Health conducts multi-day workshop in Egypt on biosafety, biosecurity	Home \| University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ethiopia	Ethiopia, Mozambique to tap Nigeria’s biotechnology experience, advancement	Vanguard Nigeria
Global	Financial intermediary fund for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response launches with WHO, World Bank support	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
India	Weapons Of Mass Destruction (Amendment) Bill, 2022: India's Position On International Regime	Supreme Court News, Latest India Legal News, Supreme Court Updates, High Courts Updates, Judgments, Law Firms News, Law School News, Latest Legal News
Nigeria	Nigeria’s biosafety agency enters into synergy with African countries	Nigerian News, Naija News Today, September 19, 2022 — NNN
Nigeria	Senate urged to proceed with biosafety management amendment bill	EnviroNews Nigeria
Global	Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals dynamic immune landscape during the early stages of bubonic plague	Medical News \| Medical Articles
United States	U.S. to spend more than $2 billion to launch Biden’s biomanufacturing initiative	STAT - Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine
United States	COMMENTARY: Addressing the Threats of Emerging Biotechnologies	National Defense Magazine \| NDIA's Business & Technology Magazine
United States	Conclusion of Article V Formal Consultative Meeting under the Biological Weapons Convention	U.S. Department of State - United States Department of State
United States	New York moves to boost biodefense firms	Spectrum Local News
United States	Virologist Kylene Kehn-Hall to direct the Center for Emerging, Zoonotic, and Arthropod-borne Pathogens	VTx Exponentially More \| VTx \| Virginia Tech
United States	Understanding evolving zoonotic disease threats through genetic sequencing	USDA/a>
United States	AI-powered biological warfare is ‘biggest issue,’ former Google exec warns	Washington Times - Politics, Breaking News, US and World News
United States	WATCH: U.S. health officials warns monkeypox could mutate to resist antiviral drug	PBS: Public Broadcasting Service
United States	Biden’s new biomedical innovation agency gets its first director	Science \| AAAS
United States	America’s land-grant universities uniquely positioned to fight today’s biological threats	The Hill
United States	18 U.S. labs join forces to battle infectious animal diseases	National Hog Farmer
WHO	WHO Director-General's remarks at the PRSEAH Quarterly Briefing with Member States – 15 September 2022	World Health Organization (WHO)
Global	Why Infectious Disease Outbreaks Are Becoming So Common	TIME \| Current & Breaking News \| National & World Updates

September12

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Africa CDC and Partners mobilize National EPI Managers and other Stakeholders to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination in Africa	Home – Africa CDC
Global	A global forum on synthetic biology: the need for international engagement	Nature
Canada	Reinvestment needed to develop a lagging biotechnology sector	The Hill Times - People. Policy. Politics.
Global	Can mosquitoes be used for biological warfare?	Health Desk
DRC	UNICEF Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola Situation Report #3, Period covered 28 August	ReliefWeb - Informing humanitarians worldwide
Fiji	One Health – What It Means, Why It Is Vital	Fiji Sun
Germany	Crisis communication in CBRNe preparedness and response: Considering the needs of vulnerable people	ScienceDirect
Ghana/ECOWAS	Accelerating biosafety and biosecurity in ECOWAS veterinary diagnostic laboratories	ReliefWeb - Informing humanitarians worldwide
Nigeria	Biosafety guidelines will ensure continuous regulations on GMOs, says agency	Enviro News Nigeria
North Korea	The Secret Weapons Scheme Spiraling Under America’s Nose	Yahoo News
Österreich	Affenpocken: Wie die Angst vor Biowaffen der Impfstoffentwicklung half	derStandard.at
Russian Federation/Turkey	Russia accused Turkey of planning to equip Bayraktar drones with biological/chemical weapons	Nordic Monitor
Taiwan	Analyzing self-evaluation capacity scores related to infectious disease control in International Health Regulations during the first year of COVID-19 pandemic	Nature
United Nations	The United Nations in Hindsight: The Security Council and Weapons of Mass Destruction	Just Security
United Kingdom	Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Article 5 Formal Consultative Meeting, September 2022: UK statement	Welcome to GOV.UK
United Kingdom	RIPpore: A Novel Host-Derived Method for the Identification of Ricin Intoxication through Oxford Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing	MDPI - Publisher of Open Access Journals
United States	First Annual Report on Progress Towards Implementation of the American Pandemic Preparedness Plan	The White House
United States	Challenges in managing, sustaining, and assessing closed point of dispensing sites: Findings from a qualitative study	Home - PLOS
United States	Laboratory Misidentifications Resulting from Taxonomic Changes to Bacillus cereus Group Species, 2018–2022	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
United States	Stem cell–derived liver cells give new clues to Ebola	Phys.org
United States	New York governor declares state disaster emergency amid circulating poliovirus evidence, samples found in 5 counties	CNN
United States	The Government Is Worried About These Biological Weapons	24/7 Wall St.
United States	Climate change may make pandemics like COVID-19 much more common	ABC News
United States	'The Anthrax Attacks': The True Story of the Worst Ever Biological Attack in the US	Esquire
United States	The Anthrax Attacks: Inside the bioterrorism events that tormented the US shortly after 9/11	SCREENSHOT - We get it.

September6

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Joint Statement on the Contribution of Cooperative Threat Reduction Partnerships to Global Health Security	U.S. Department of State - United States Department of State
Australia	Study finds filovirus antibodies in Australian bats	Phys.org
BWC ISU	Meeting with Disarmament Fellows	Twitter
Global	Can We Predict Which Viruses Will Spread from Animals to Humans?	The New Yorker
China	China’s Secretive Work in Biotechnology	The Heritage Foundation
Deutschland	"Stickstoffhaltige Verbindungen, die sich als Vorläufersubstanzen für chemische Kampfstoffe eignen“	WELT - Aktuelle Nachrichten, News, Hintergründe & Videos
Global	Don’t lose sight of monkeypox containment	Nature
Global	How can governments prepare for bioweapon attacks?	Federal Times
Iran	Iran announces defence system against chemical, biological threats	MB-Home \| Macau Business
Israel	Bats pose little zoonotic danger to humans, study says	Medical News \| Medical Articles
Global	Joint Statement on the Contribution of Cooperative Threat Reduction Partnerships to Global Health Security	U.S. Department of State - United States Department of State
Liberia	IAVI Announces First Vaccinations at Liberia Site in Phase I Clinical Trial of Lassa Fever Vaccine Candidate	Press release distribution, EDGAR filing, XBRL, regulatory filings \| Business Wire
Russia	Russia Calls Meeting of Biological Weapons Convention	Arms Control Association \| The authoritative source on arms control since 1971.
Russian Federation	Russia’s Unfounded Claims of Secret U.S. Bioweapons Linger On and On	The New York Times
Sierra Leone	The prevalence of Post-Ebola Syndrome hearing loss, Sierra Leone	BMC Infectious Diseases \| Home page
Global	The newly-discovered Langya virus is related to the Nipah virus	The Star \| Malaysia News: National, Regional and World News
United Nations	Calendar of Upcoming Events	Welcome to the United Nations
United States	220826-F-CP748-1024	Team McChord > Home
United States	The Air Force hopes this tiny box will help pilots fly through a chemical weapons attack	Task & Purpose - Military News, Culture, and Analysis - Task & Purpose
United States	Updates on pandemic preparedness and current biological threats	Government Matters: Non-partisan News & Analysis - Washington D.C.
United States	Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense Applauds Tangible Progress on Pandemic Preparedness	Homeland Security Today
United States	US, Australia Make Heavy Investments in Pandemic Preparedness Research	Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research Jobs \| BioSpace
United States	Proliferation Security Initiative Asia-Pacific Exercise Rotation Joint Statement	U.S. Department of State - United States Department of State
United States	NIH to terminate part of EcoHealth Alliance grant after its Wuhan partners refuse to deliver information on coronavirus studies	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
United States	RTP biotech firm expanding with addition of biodefense/infectious disease lab	WRAL Techwire
United States	Director of national biodefense center at Fort Detrick to retire	fredericknewspost.com \| Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper
United States	Wyoming: Plague reported in Albany County cat	Outbreak News Today -

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Biological Security - Weekly Update - September 2022