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INDONESIA-YOGYAKARTA-LIVESTOCK-VACCINATION

(240319) -- YOGYAKARTA, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A veterinarian injects anthrax vaccine for a cow in Gayamharjo village in Sleman district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, March 19, 2024. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-YOGYAKARTA-ANTHRAX

(230707) -- YOGYAKARTA, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A health worker takes blood sample from a man for testing at Candirejo village in Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 7, 2023. One person has been confirmed dead from anthrax and 85 others have found to be infected after all of them consumed infected meat in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, said local authorities on Tuesday. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-YOGYAKARTA-ANTHRAX

(230707) -- YOGYAKARTA, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member wearing protective suits sprays disinfectant to a cowshed at Candirejo village in Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 7, 2023. One person has been confirmed dead from anthrax and 85 others have found to be infected after all of them consumed infected meat in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, said local authorities on Tuesday. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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INDONESIA-YOGYAKARTA-ANTHRAX

(230707) -- YOGYAKARTA, July 7, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member wearing protective suits sprays disinfectant to a house at Candirejo village in Gunung Kidul district, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on July 7, 2023. One person has been confirmed dead from anthrax and 85 others have found to be infected after all of them consumed infected meat in Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, said local authorities on Tuesday. (Photo by Agung Supriyanto/Xinhua)

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Firefighters for World Cup to wear special jackets

TOKYO, Japan - The Fire Defense Agency decided Feb. 28 to lend 150 sets of protective jackets (demonstrated in the photo) and detectors to local fire departments in areas that will host World Cup soccer games in a bid to prepare for possible biological and chemical weapons attacks. The jackets will protect firefighters from harmful organisms and chemicals, and the detectors can sense anthrax, smallpox virus and poisonous gas, agency officials said.

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U.S. Embassy staff sorting mail taking antibiotics

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of the U.S. Embassy in Japan checks mail in an isolated tent in the embassy compound in Tokyo on Dec. 27. Embassy mail personnel, most of them Japanese nationals, have been checking mail in the tent since the anthrax scare began in the United States and taking antibiotics as a precaution, several sources close to the embassy said.

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1st bio-terrorism drill held at sea in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Special rescue team members of the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Yokohama remove white powder in a bio-terrorism drill Nov. 27 aboard the 3,500-ton patrol boat Izu at Yokohama Port. The drill, the first such drill conducted at sea in Japan, was based on the hypothesis that anthrax had been found on a passenger ship in Tokyo Bay.

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Post office employee works with gloves and mask

OSAKA, Japan - An Osaka international post office employee sorts letters and postcards wearing gloves and a mask at Kansai airport in Osaka on Oct. 18 for fear of possible anthrax exposure from suspicious mail.

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NBC employee exposed to anthrax

NEW YORK, United States - Pedestrians gather outside the NBC studio in New York on Oct. 12 following confirmation that an NBC News employee had tested positive for anthrax in tests carried out after the company received suspicious mail.

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Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine

STORY: Russia says Pentagon directly involved in bioweapon development in Ukraine DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the Russian Defense Ministry 2 various of the Pentagon 3 various of the national flag of the United States 4 various of the Ukrainians fleeing Ukraine STORYLINE: The Russian Defense Ministry said Thursday that the U.S. Department of Defense was directly involved in developing biological weapon components in Ukraine. According to the ministry's spokesman Igor Konashenkov, documents received from Ukrainian employees working at the laboratories were studied by Russian experts and have shown that Ukrainian biological projects were directly developed and approved by the Pentagon. One of these projects aimed to carry out molecular analysis of particularly dangerous infections endemic in Ukraine and involved sampling pathogens from old animal burial sites to obtain new anthrax strains. The document unveiled that a pharmaceuti

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Kiev destroyed deadly samples from U.S.-funded biowarfare labs: Russia

STORY: Kiev destroyed deadly samples from U.S.-funded biowarfare labs: Russia DATELINE: March 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): CHEN QIANG, Xinhua correspondent "The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday that authorities in Kiev destroyed dangerous pathogens of deadly diseases stored in U.S.-funded laboratories in the country. According to a statement made by Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova, the ministry received documentation from employees at Ukrainian biological laboratories, confirming the urgent destruction of dangerous pathogens such as plague, anthrax, tularemia, cholera and other deadly diseases on Feb. 24. She added that these laboratories were funded by the U.S. Department of Defense and were part of a biological weapons program. According to the foreign ministry, the pathogens were immediately destroyed to hide evidence pointing to t

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1st bio-terrorism drill held at sea in Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Special rescue team members of the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Yokohama remove white powder in a bio-terrorism drill Nov. 27 aboard the 3,500-ton patrol boat Izu at Yokohama Port. The drill, the first such drill conducted at sea in Japan, was based on the hypothesis that anthrax had been found on a passenger ship in Tokyo Bay.

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U.S. Embassy staff sorting mail taking antibiotics

TOKYO, Japan - An employee of the U.S. Embassy in Japan checks mail in an isolated tent in the embassy compound in Tokyo on Dec. 27. Embassy mail personnel, most of them Japanese nationals, have been checking mail in the tent since the anthrax scare began in the United States and taking antibiotics as a precaution, several sources close to the embassy said.

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NBC employee exposed to anthrax

NEW YORK, United States - Pedestrians gather outside the NBC studio in New York on Oct. 12 following confirmation that an NBC News employee had tested positive for anthrax in tests carried out after the company received suspicious mail.

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Firefighters for World Cup to wear special jackets

TOKYO, Japan - The Fire Defense Agency decided Feb. 28 to lend 150 sets of protective jackets (demonstrated in the photo) and detectors to local fire departments in areas that will host World Cup soccer games in a bid to prepare for possible biological and chemical weapons attacks. The jackets will protect firefighters from harmful organisms and chemicals, and the detectors can sense anthrax, smallpox virus and poisonous gas, agency officials said.

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Post office employee works with gloves and mask

OSAKA, Japan - An Osaka international post office employee sorts letters and postcards wearing gloves and a mask at Kansai airport in Osaka on Oct. 18 for fear of possible anthrax exposure from suspicious mail.