Sudan’s Defense Ministry Report: Khartoum Free of Chemical or Radiological Jeopardies

A government report has underscored that the capital, Khartoum, is free of any radiological hazards resulting from the war. There were fears that research laboratories in the capital would be affected by sabotage by militias, according to the report.

Defense Minister Yassin Ibrahim had tasked the Director of the National Authority for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons with forming teams to remove biological, chemical, and radiological jeopardies from the National Public Health Laboratory (STAC) and other research laboratories in Khartoum, to ensure they are free of any threats to the environment and public health.

According to the report, the research teams detected acts of sabotage in these areas, remediated them, and confirmed that they are now free of any traces of radiation that could pose a threat to humans and the environment. According to the report, “all threats were addressed meticulously, including the examination of samples of epidemic diseases and medical insects used in laboratories for research and serum extraction.”

The report stated that a number of threats were detected in the “STAC” laboratory and the veterinary research laboratories in the Soba area, and “were addressed scientifically.” It also indicated the presence of highly hazardous chemicals that could have formed epidemic colonies, contributing to high biological contamination due to the power outage.

Other threats mentioned in the government report include the spread of epidemics due to the vandalism and destruction of sample containers, which could contribute to the spread of epidemics in the surrounding environment, in addition to the emergence of new mutations of diseases due to radiation.