ANTHRAX MAILINGS

Anthrax Mailings Of 2001

Anthrax Mailings Of 2001

Introduction

Recently the United State is being the center of controversies regarding the disease that has surrounded the whole Country. A lot of panics have been observed in last few days with respect to the fear of this disease. Reports prove that it is also being terrorist attacks that have taken under the whole country, According to the officials the terrorist are using a unique way to spread this disease. They are using postal mails as the medium to attack the US citizen. The disease, according to the official report is Anthrax.

Recent Scenario in US

Postal address yesterday issued a circular which details a series of preventive rules aimed at its employees to avoid possible spread of Anthrax (anthrax) mailings due to terrorist purposes. At the same time, the heads of postal unions have informed that they have gloves and masks for workers employed in the sorting and delivery services (collectively encompassing about 40,000 of the 60,000 employees of the agency) who apply preventive use.

Spokesmen Post UGT considers that the measures taken so far by the management of this agency are "reasonable and prudent and is connected with the rules being agreed at the recent meetings of international committees on the phenomenon of bioterrorism. The union leaders point out those preventive measures in Spain cannot be the same as those adopted in the U.S., where carriers have died because of anthrax. "America is a country at war, and Spain is an ally. At the moment, there is a direct threat and it would be unfortunate exaggeration alarms would simply collapse the public service', they say.

The tone of the circular issued yesterday by the Postal away, indeed, of the alarm that follows a recent circular issued by the U.S. Postal Service. While the Spanish circular seeks only "disseminate standards of performance that contribute to health and safety ', internal circular U.S. colleagues directly detailing how and in what situations should use gloves and masks to prevent anthrax.

Content circular soft Post encourages employees to be especially careful with the 'content objects that have soft sided, contain references to Anthrax, war, the U.S. or call attention to similar causes. “The discovery of these objects constitutes biohazard', tries to calm the note. The danger, according to the circular, is that 'you are sending notice broken and dust. “From there, Post details a series of basic rules to be adopted by its officials to avoid any possible infection such as not sending shake, put it in a plastic bag, isolation rooms where dust has fallen and hand washing and showering.

However, the Postal ensures 'nothing suggests that Spain now becomes the target of actions of this nature, nor have detected tainted postal items'. "We have to take the risk potential without scaremongering, with serenity and responsibility that has always characterized us."

However, Justo Sierra Martinez, belonging to the Post's executive body, complained yesterday about the absence of information, lack of specialized security and no action taken by the Ministry of ...