TR: RSOE EDIS – Event Report – Biological Hazard : [Rajgad Fort] Pune, State of Maharashtra, India, Asia

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Event report

May 4th 2019 04:49 AM – Biological Hazard – BH-20190504-67744-IND

Base information

EDIS Code: BH-20190504-67744-IND
Event date: May 4th 2019 04:49 AM
Category: Biological Hazard
Continent: Asia
Country: India
State: State of Maharashtra
Settlement: Pune
Location: [Rajgad Fort]
Coordinate: 18.2536882,73.7064085 (WGS84 decimal)

CAP Information

Category: Env - Pollution and other environmental
Urgency: Past - Responsive action is no longer required
Severity: Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
Scope: Public - For general dissemination to unrestricted audiences
Certainty: Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing

Event details

Over 125 students at a summer camp near Rajgad Fort in Pune district were attacked by a swarm of honey bees, an official said Friday. The incident happened near Gunjavane village in Velhe tehsil on Thursday. "The students, all in the 12-16 age group, were carrying out various activities as part of the summer camp when the bee attack took place. Local residents rushed there and took the students in their houses to save them from getting stung," said Manoj Jadhav, Block development officer of Velhe tehsil. The students were later rushed to a nearby primary health center, he added. "All the students are safe," he added.

Biohazard Information

Disease name: Animal attack (bee)
Biohazard level: Level 2 - Medium
Biohazard definitions: Bacteria and viruses that cause only mild disease to humans, or are difficult to contract via aerosol in a lab setting, such as hepatitis A, B, and C, influenza A, Lyme disease, salmonella, mumps, measles, scrapie, dengue fever, and HIV. "Routine diagnostic work with clinical specimens can be done safely at Biosafety Level 2, using Biosafety Level 2 practices and procedures. Research work (including co-cultivation, virus replication studies, or manipulations involving concentrated virus) can be done in a BSL-2 (P2) facility, using BSL-3 practices and procedures. Virus production activities, including virus concentrations, require a BSL-3 (P3) facility and use of BSL-3 practices and procedures", see Recommended Biosafety Levels for Infectious Agents.

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