Biological Security - Weekly Update - July 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.

July25

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Receives a $100 Million Grant from the World Bank to Strengthen Continental Public Health Preparedness	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Africa CDC Given Authority to Declare Public Health Emergencies	Bloomberg
Global	As bioweapons negotiators prepare to meet amid a pandemic and torrents of disinformation, can they accomplish anything?	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Global	A treaty to break the pandemic cycle	Science \| AAAS
China	China reports one human infection of bubonic plague in northwestern region of Ningxia	Reuters
China	NW China's Ningxia launches level IV emergency response against bubonic plague after one case found	Global Times
Cote d'Ivoire	Ivory Coast on Alert for Marburg Virus After Ghana Cases	Science \| AAAS
Ghana	The Marburg virus: urgent need to contain this close cousin of Ebola	The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Ghana	What Is Marburg Virus, the Deadly Disease in Ghana?	Yahoo \| Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos
Nigeria	FCTA Inaugurates Committee To Check Proliferation Of Unregistered Veterinary Facilities In Abuja	Breaking News in Nigeria Today - Tribune Online - Tribune Online -
Nigeria	Bushmeat crisis in Nigeria	The Sun Nigeria – Nigeria news national tabloid newspaper
North Korea	North Korea accuses US of biological warfare in Ukraine	CNA: Breaking News, Singapore News, World and Asia
Global	Poxvirus Proteins Enable Early Strike on Immune Defences	Global Biodefense \| News on Pathogens and Preparedness
Tanzania	Tanzania identifies deadly outbreak of mystery disease as leptospirosis	ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News, Headlines & Videos - ABC News
Tanzania	After COVID-19 Tanzania grappling with another zoonotic disease	Anadolus Agency
Global	There’s now a cleaner, better way to create viruses that kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria	Science \| AAAS
United States	Biological weapons could target DNA, food supply, two U.S. lawmakers say	Axios - Breaking news, U.S. news and politics, and local news
United States	NIH Launches Clinical Trial of First mRNA Nipah Virus Vaccine	Homeland Security Today
United States	BioFactura Receives BARDA Funding for Smallpox Antibody	BioBuzz - The BioHealth Capital Region Localized
United States	Monkeypox: Schiff demands to know why US does not have more vaccines	News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition \| The Guardian
United States	As monkeypox spreads, Fort Detrick scientists continue research	Stars and Stripes \| The U.S. military's independent news source.
United States	The first U.S. polio case was discovered in nearly a decade. Should you worry?	NPR - Breaking News, Analysis, Music, Arts & Podcasts : NPR
WHO	WHO declares monkeypox a global emergency; Canada confirms 681 cases	CTV News \| Canada News \| Top Stories

July18

Country	Topic	Source
Global	A Better Way to Detect the Origins of a Pandemic	Arms Control Association \| The authoritative source on arms control since 1971.
Africa	In Africa, 63% jump in diseases spread from animals to people seen in last decade	WHO \| Regional Office for Africa
Africa	Africa witnesses 63% increase in number of zoonotic outbreaks in a decade	Down To Earth \| Latest news, opinion, analysis on environment & science issues \| India, South Asia
Africa	Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever during the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa: Efforts, recommendations and challenges at hand	ScienceDirect
Africa	Africa CDC	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Africa CDC Establishes the Examination and Certification Committee for the Regional Training and Certification Program for Biosafety and Biosecurity Professionals in the Africa Region	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Africa CDC	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	How African scientific sleuths spotted the signs that monkeypox could become a global problem	Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
Global	As bioweapons negotiators prepare to meet amid a pandemic and torrents of disinformation, can they accomplish anything?	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Global	A teachable moment for dual-use	Nature
Canada	Monkeypox cases spike in Canada – has the risk level changed in the country?	Global News \| Latest & Current News - Weather, Sports & Health News
Côte d'Ivoire	la plénière adopte cinq projets de loi	Info dernière minute Côte d'Ivoire - YECLO.ci
Croatia	Anthrax found in dead cattle in nature park	ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News, Headlines & Videos - ABC News
Global	Devex CheckUp: How to prevent the next pandemic, according to experts	devex.com
Global	Environment, Part of One Health, Is Often Missing in Action	Home - Impakter
France/Laos	Bat Virus Studies Raise Questions About Laboratory Tinkering	The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos
Ghana	Suspected Marburg virus cases: WHO deploys experts to Ghana	GhanaWeb
Ghana	Mishandling dead bodies of Marburg patients is a super spreader – Virologist	GhanaWeb
Ghana/WHO	Research on Marburg candidate vaccines and therapeutics	WHO \| World Health Organization
Ghana	Ghana confirms first cases of Marburg Virus Disease	GhanaWeb
Ghana/WHO	WHO declares highly-infectious Marburg virus outbreak in Ghana	Global News \| Latest & Current News - Weather, Sports & Health News
Ghana	Ghana Health Service calls for partnership to address NCD funding	GhanaWeb
India	Parliament Recap \| A look at the Bills introduced in the last session "....The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022 The Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on April 5 and passed the next day. It awaits introduction in the Upper House of the Parliament. It was supported by Opposition lawmakers in the Lok Sabha. The Bill amends the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005 which prohibits the unlawful manufacture, transport, or transfer of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)— including chemical, biological and nuclear weapons— and their means of delivery. The Act was passed to meet an international obligation enforced by UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 of 2004 to address the growing threat of non-state actors gaining access to WMD material, equipment or technology to undertake acts of terrorism...." "="">Parliament Recap \| A look at the Bills introduced in the last session " ....The Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Amendment Bill, 2022	The Hindu
India	Monsoon Session: Centre To Table Bill To Amend Weapons of Mass Destruction Act — Know All About It	The Hindu
India	EAM S Jaishankar To Move Weapons Of Mass Destruction Bill In Rajya Sabha On Monday	ABP Live
India	Explained: Why The Fight Over DNA Is Central To Biodiversity Conservation	IndiaSpend: Data journalism, analysis on Indian economy, education, healthcare, agriculture, politics
India	From monkeypox to COVID-19, why Kerala is a hotbed of diseases	LIVE updates, Latest News, Breaking News, Bollywood, Business and Political News – Firstpost
India	One Health: What it is & how it can be implemented in India	Down To Earth \| Latest news, opinion, analysis on environment & science issues \| India, South Asia
India	One Health strategy key to checking zoonotic diseases: expert	The Hindu : Breaking News, India News, Sports News and Live Updates
South Korea/US	Seoul, Washington hold working-level talks on N.K. WMD threats	Yonhap News Agency
Africa	Marburg, Monkeypox, And Other Viruses Emerging From Africa	Forbes
Nigeria	NCDC Seeks More Commitment To Tackle Monkeypox, Others	New Telegraph
Global	One Health Needs More Soft Power	Home - Impakter
Global	Opinion: Is COVID-19 “the forever plague”?	Science Based Medicine
Global	PEPFAR's John Nkengasong on the need to 'reimagine' global health	devex.com
United States	Global Health Security Conference 2022	U.S. Department of State - United States Department of State
Tanzania	Mysterious Ebola-Like Disease Kills 3 In Tanzania, Probe Launched	Get Latest News, India News, Breaking News, Today's News - NDTV.com
Tanzania	Deadly 'nosebleed' disease leaves scientists scrambling to identify mystery illness	Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment - Express.co.uk
Tanzania	Tanzania: Govt	Home - allAfrica.com
Tanzania/Canada	Doctors mystified by deadly ‘nosebleed’ disease similar to Ebola	North Wales Live - Latest North Wales news, sport, what's on and business
Global	Tanzania: Ebola, Marburg ruled out in outbreak	Outbreak News Today -
UAE	Failing to pay or underpaying 6 million women 'threatens global health security'	The National - Latest US news, sport & opinion
Ukraine	WMD in Ukraine: a planetary near-death experience	The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill
United Nations	Quarterly Message from the 1540 Chair is published.	Welcome to the United Nations
United States	Gottlieb says window for containing monkeypox ‘probably has closed’	The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill
United States	U.S. Government Orders Another 2.5 Million Doses of Monkeypox Vaccines from Bavarian Nordic	Biotech, Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research Jobs \| BioSpace
United States	CDC expects monkeypox outbreak to grow as total cases surpass 1,400 and vaccine demand outstrips supply	Stock Markets, Business News, Financials, Earnings - CNBC
United States	Monkeypox cases are increasing and the U.S. doesn't have enough vaccines to meet demand	Politics, Policy, Political News- POLITICO
United States	The monkeypox vaccine underscores the value of U.S. investments in preparedness	STAT - Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine
United States	Fauci: Monkeypox outbreak needs to be taken more seriously as virus continues to spread and cases are likely undercounted	CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
United States	33,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine headed for NY, demand high in NYC	ABC7 New York - NY News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather
United States	What’s at Stake in the Fight Against Monkeypox	The New Yorker
United States	Endless cycle for CST shows professionalism and work ethic	The Official Home Page of the United States Army
United States	Soldiers compete for top honors in 20th CBRNE Command Best Warrior, Best Squad competition	The Official Home Page of the United States Army
United States	The Evolution of the National Special Pathogen System of Care	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. \| Home
United States	Statement by President Biden on Pandemic Preparedness, Prevention and Response Fund at the World Bank	The White House
United States	Texas Biomed Tapped for National ‘Dream Team’ Developing Antivirals Against Biothreats	Global Biodefense \| News on Pathogens and Preparedness
United States	International Health Summit held to enhance regional crisis response	PACOM
United States	FDA Grand Rounds: One Health at FDA: From Concept to Application	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
United States	Helping public health agencies improve emergency risk communication	Home \| Powerful ideas for a healthier world
United States	From COVID to monkeypox, M Health's Special Pathogen Unit is training for whatever comes n	Minneapolis St. Paul News, Weather, Traffic, Sports \| Minneapolis, Minnesota \| kare11.com
United States	Coalition of scientists, researchers and public health experts recommend means to strengthen oversight of pathogen research	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	COVID-19 pandemic caused setbacks in fight against antimicrobial resistant infections throughout United States	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Nipah Vaccine Candidate Gains U.S. NIH Pandemic Preparedness Support	Welcome to Precision Vaccinations
United States	Fact and fiction: Do prairie dogs carry the plague?	Longmont Leader
United States	SERB Pharmaceuticals licenses Soligenix antigen to develop ricin antidote	Street Insider
Global	What to know about Marburg virus disease	Business News Nigeria \| Daily Updates \| Businessday.ng
WHO	Engaging multisectoral stakeholders to strengthen One Health	WHO \| World Health Organization
WHO	WHO BioHub System Biosafety and biosecurity: criteria and operational modalities	WHO \| World Health Organization
WHO	Joint external evaluation tool: International Health Regulations (?2005)?	WHO \| World Health Organization

July11

Country	Topic	Source
Canada	U of T and Toronto hospitals mount research response to monkeypox	University of Toronto
Canada	Get Ready for the Forever Plague	The Tyee
China	Wuhan University Finds Cholera Case, Sparking Fears of Spread	Bloomberg
Ghana	Fears Ebola-like virus with 88% death rate has hit Ghana as fever sparks 'serious concern'	Latest UK and World News, Sport and Comment - Express.co.uk
India	Due to Climate Change, India Could Become a Hotspot For Zoonotic Disease Transmission and Future Outbreaks: Study	National and Local Weather Radar, Daily Forecast, Hurricane and information from The Weather Channel and weather.com
Iraq	Gulf War syndrome: were thousands of Iraqis poisoned by sarin in 1991?	The National - Latest US news, sport & opinion
Nigeria	Nigeria’s policymakers must prioritize One Health	Nature
Philippines	Protecting nature: key to breaking the zoonoses chain	PIA - Home
Global	Review: Options for Managing and Tracing Wild Animal Trade Chains to Reduce Zoonotic Risk	TRAFFIC \| Wildlife trade specialists
Russian Federation	Russia finds another stage for the Ukraine “biolabs” disinformation show	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone anthrax outbreak update	Outbreak News Today -
Tanzania	Tanzania’s Maasai tribe devises techniques to beat zoonotic infections	Anadolu Agency
United States	Top U.S. diplomat in China blasts Beijing over Ukraine 'lies'	Nikkei Asia - Business, Politics, Economy and Tech News & Analysis
United States	Army Bases Unprepared for Chemical, Biological Attacks	The Intercept
United States	The U.S. May Be Losing the Fight Against Monkeypox, Scientists Say	The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos
United States	HHS orders 2.5 million additional doses of Bavarian Nordic’s monkeypox vaccine	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	DHS S&T, U.S. Army partner to validate data through new Chemical Security Laboratory	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	We Need to Keep Better Track of Monkeypox	Slate Magazine - Politics, Business, Technology, and the Arts
United States	Army 'cautiously optimistic' it will move to new phase of Area B cleanup in 3-4 years	fredericknewspost.com \| Frederick County Maryland Daily Newspaper
United States	Issues plague NYC monkeypox vaccine appointment scheduling	Spectrum News NY1 \| New York City

July8

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Country	Topic	Source
Africa	Africa CDC says it has signed MOU with Pfizer for COVID pill	Breaking International News & Views \| Reuters
BWC ISU	First Regional Preparatory Meeting for Nineth Review Conference	Twitter
Canada	Canada needs to invest more money into science innovation to help prevent the next global crisis	The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.
Canada	Jubilant HollisterStier To Invest $76M In Canadian Manufacturing Plant	Business Facilities
Denmark	Danish PM avoids impeachment over illegal mink cull	Breaking International News & Views \| Reuters
DRC	Q&A \| Top WHO official on how they limited the recent Ebola outbreak in DRC	News24 \| South Africa's leading source of trusted news, opinion and insight
Iran	Does Iran Have Biological Weapons?	19FortyFive: Military, Defense, National Security News and Analysis
Germany	Germany Prioritizes Biosecurity for Global Partnership	Arms Control Association \| The authoritative source on arms control since 1971.
Germany	Tuberculosis remains deadly in 21st century	Hamburg News
Ghana	Ghana prepares for possible first-ever Marburg virus outbreak	UN News \| Global perspective, human stories
Ghana	Outbreak of highly contagious Ebola-like virus a ‘serious concern’	The Telegraph - Telegraph Online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph
Ghana	COVID-19: Ashanti Regional Minister applauds Canada for immense support	GhanaWeb
Global	Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction Newsletter Issue No. 8, 27 June 2022	Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction
Guinea	Implementing a DHIS2 Ebola virus disease module during the 2021 Guinea Ebola outbreak	ReliefWeb - Informing humanitarians worldwide
India	Experts call for coordinated One Health mechanism in Kerala	The Hindu : Breaking News, India News, Sports News and Live Updates
Global	Pneumonic Plague in an Era of COVID-19	Contagion Live
Global	Searching for SARS-CoV-2 origins: the saga continues	The Lancet
Global	7 of your most pressing monkeypox vaccine questions, answered	Vox - Understand the News
United Kingdom	Dangerous incidents at UK laboratories ‘potentially exposed staff to Covid’	News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's US edition \| The Guardian
United Kingdom	UK biological security strategy: public consultation response indicates increased threat	Freshfields Technology Quotient - Insights at the intersection of technology and the law
United Nations	UN Official Brands Disarmament System ‘Miasma of Dysfunction’	Arms Control Association \| The authoritative source on arms control since 1971.
United States	International law reform for One Health notifications	The Lancet
United States	The US Is Funding A Massive Virus Hunt That Might Cause Another Pandemic. Great Idea!	Forbes
United States	Veterinary class gets creative for zoonotic disease communication	Home \| Cornell Chronicle
United States	U.S. has 17M monkeypox vaccine doses stockpiled in Denmark as NYC scrambles to get shots into arms	Breaking News, World News, US and Local News - NY Daily News - New York Daily News
United States	Monkeypox vaccine grew out of bioterrorism investment from company with NC ties	AOL - News, Politics, Sports, Mail & Latest Headlines - AOL.com
United States	NYC is 'epicenter' of U.S. monkeypox outbreak	USA TODAY: Latest World and US News - USATODAY.com
Global	What Crispr will enable humanity to do next	Quartz — Global business news and insights
WHO	WHO Says Global Monkeypox Cases Have Jumped 77% in One Week	US News
WHO	New report highlights the impact of changes in environment on One Health	WHO \| World Health Organization
Global	WHO’s chief guidance for containing polioviruses revised	GPEI – Global Polio Eradication Initiative
Global	World Zoonoses Day 2022: How zoonotic pathogens evolved over years and how to prevent them	Latest News, Breaking News, News Today, Live News \| Times Now

July6

Country	Topic	Source
Africa	African Union establishes One Health Coordination Group on Zoonotic Diseases	Home – Africa CDC
Africa	Participatory mapping identifies risk areas and environmental predictors of endemic anthrax in rural Africa	Nature
Global	A Radiological Emergency Health and Safety Plan for City Agencies Without First Response Responsibilities	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. \| Home
Global	As monkeypox spreads: 5 questions answered	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
China	Evaluation and comparison of three virucidal agents on inactivation of Nipah virus	Nature
Global	Complementarity of International Instruments in the Field of Biosecurity	Frontiers \| Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals
DRC	DR Congo declares end to latest Ebola outbreak	UN News \| Global perspective, human stories
Global	Gain-of-function research can’t deliver pandemic predictions. Are there alternatives?	Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
India	Anthrax outbreak in Kerala: What is the disease and why is it so deadly?	LIVE updates, Latest News, Breaking News, Bollywood, Business and Political News – Firstpost
Iran	Knowledge and practice of nursing students regarding bioterrorism and emergency preparedness: comparison of the effects of simulations and workshop	BMC Nursing \| Home page
Global	July 6 is World Zoonosis Day	Nagaland Post \| Get the Latest Nagaland News & Northeast News, News on Nagas
Global	Looking for ‘black swan’ outbreaks can prepare for future pandemics	STAT - Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine
Global	Natural History of Sudan ebolavirus to Support Medical Countermeasure Development	MDPI - Publisher of Open Access Journals
Nigeria	GET Consortium Canvasses for Bio-secured Africa, Strengthened Health Systems	THISDAYLIVE – Truth and Reason
Pakistan	Pakistan notifies revised nuclear, biological weapon control list under Export Control Act	Daily Pakistan \| The Online English Newspaper Of Pakistan \| Latest Breaking News , Pakistan News
South Sudan/Uganda	INFECTION OF WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST HIGHLIGHTS RISKS OF VIRUS HUNTING	The Intercept
Switzerland	War and peace: dual-use technologies divide	Front Page - SWI swissinfo.ch
United Kingdom	Additional sanctions against Belarus Announced	FINCHANNEL » 2022
Ukraine/Zimbabwe	UNSCR 1540 Committee	Welcome to the United Nations
United Nations	Back to the Future for Verification in the Biological Disarmament Regime?	UNIDIR \| The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
United States	NYC Monkeypox Cases Double in a Week, More Vaccines Days Away	NBC New York – New York News, Local News, Weather, Traffic, Entertainment, Breaking News
United States	Monkeypox Cases Spike in DC	NBC4 Washington – Washington DC News, Maryland News, Virginia News, Local News, Weather, Traffic, Entertainment, Breaking News
United States	Connecticut records first case of Monkeypox	CT Mirror: News and In-Depth Reporting in Connecticut
United States	Bioterrorism / Disaster Education and Awareness Month – July 2022	National Day Today \| National Today
United States	Did biosecurity lessons in 2015 curb the 2022 bird flu outbreak deaths?	magnoliareporter.com \| South Arkansas Proud
United States	How does one study a deadly virus? Carefully.	ScopeBlog - Stanford University
United States	FDA to review biologics license application for Emergent BioSolutions anthrax vaccine candidate	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Experts, public health leaders gathered to discuss need for well-funded public health system in wake of COVID-19	Homeland Preparedness News - The Leading Source
United States	Yeast Display Enables Identification of Covalent Single Domain Antibodies Against Botulinum Neurotoxin Light Chain A	Homepage \| ChemRxiv \| Cambridge Open Engage
United States	Nancy Messonnier named dean of Gillings School of Global Public Health	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Biological Security - Weekly Update - July 2022

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