THERE WERE SOME GRIPPING MOMENTS IN SWITZERLAND early Tuesday morning when a parcel containing vials of the swine flu virus exploded on a railroad passenger train.
The five vials were part of an 8-vial container that was being transported to Geneva to help develop a test to detect swine flu. They were triple-wrapped and hermetically sealed in a container packed with dry ice to keep them refrigerated. However, as the CO2 vaporized without any venting, the raised pressure eventually blew the packet apart, spraying the contents through the carriage.
Swiss police guard the contaminated train while it is checked.
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The train, which was traveling from St. Gallen to Geneva, was stopped before it arrived at the Lausanne station and quarantined while the laboratory scientist in Geneva who owned them was brought up to investigate. He assured everybody that this was not the same strain of virus that is causing all the illness and deaths, and that it posed absoutely no hazard to human beings.
After all 61 passengers that were in the car were checked and cleared, the train was allowed to complete its journey.
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