New Vaccine Lab for ‘Disease X’ Unveiled in UK
by Jamie White January 13th 2024, 12:29 pm
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A new facility has been constructed in the UK that will conduct vaccine research for an unknown pathogen dubbed by the World Economic Forum (WHO) as “Disease X.”
The new facility is located at the secretive Porten Down science and technology campus in Wiltshire, England, which is best known for chemical and biological warfare research.
Experts at this facility are “preparing” for the emergence of a new “Disease X” virus, the BBC reported in August.
“Covid, of course, is not a one-off,” said Prof. Dame Jenny Harries, chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), which runs these laboratories.
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗩𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗫
One of UK's most secretive centres of scientific research, Porton Down is aiming to stop the next pandemic "in its tracks."
Located in the Wiltshire countryside near Salisbury, UK, the new facility is one of the… pic.twitter.com/nBvdWYmWsa