Bioterrorism in 2001: How Ready Are We?
On January 30, 2001, the federal Immigration Department's headquarters in Ottawa were evacuated and shut down following a bioterrorism scare, which turned out to be a hoax. The building reopened 48 h later, after it was determined that the substance found was not anthrax (1). In the same week,...
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| description | On January 30, 2001, the federal Immigration Department's headquarters in Ottawa were evacuated and shut down following a bioterrorism scare, which turned out to be a hoax. The building reopened 48 h later, after it was determined that the substance found was not anthrax (1). In the same week, a similar hoax forced the evacuation of an Ontario provincial government building in Toronto (1). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4c2a3d778cff44d4a48f17f96e1c57d72025-02-03T06:12:32ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23322001-01-01122778010.1155/2001/948124Bioterrorism in 2001: How Ready Are We?B Lynn Johnston0John M Conly1Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaUniversity Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaOn January 30, 2001, the federal Immigration Department's headquarters in Ottawa were evacuated and shut down following a bioterrorism scare, which turned out to be a hoax. The building reopened 48 h later, after it was determined that the substance found was not anthrax (1). In the same week, a similar hoax forced the evacuation of an Ontario provincial government building in Toronto (1).http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2001/948124 |
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