Event summary

Biological Hazard in China on March 13 2016 10:57 AM (UTC).
  1. Base data
  2. Geographic information
  3. Number of affected people
  4. Biohazard information

Base data

EDIS Number BH-20160313-52475-CHN
Event type Biological Hazard
Date/Time March 13 2016 10:57 AM (UTC)
Last update March 20 2016 02:17 PM (UTC)
Cause of event
Damage level Is not or not known Damage level

Geographic information

Continent Asia
Country China
County / State Capital City
Area
Settlement Beijing
Coordinate 39° 54.253,116° 24.444

Number of affected people / Humanities loss

Dead person(s) 0
Injured person(s) 0
Missing person(s) 0
Evacuated person(s) 0
Affected person(s) 0
Foreign people 0

Biohazard information

Biohazard level 2/4 - Medium
Biohazard description Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. "Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures", see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.
Disease, agent name Yellow Fever
Infected person(s) 3
Species Human
Status confirmed
Symptomes