Danger from Sudan: Biological Weapon, Measles and Cholera Laboratory has been Taken Over

There is a high biohazard in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after one of the warring sides seized a laboratory that stored measles and cholera pathogens and other dangerous materials, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned today.

It was impossible for a technical team to reach the National Public Health Laboratory to ensure the safety of the materials, Sudan's Nima Saeed Abid of the WHO told reporters in Geneva via video conference.

"That's the main concern: the lack of access for technicians to the lab to go and ensure the safety of the biological material there," he said, deflecting the question of which of the two warring parties had seized the lab.