COVID-19

Dear BACAC members, In this complicated situation, which all of us have, please find below some links to resources which may be of potential interest to you and/or use in the current situation. International Federation of Biosafety Associations: https://internationalbiosafety.org/biosafety-guidelines-for-novel-coronavirus-2019-ncov-coronavirus-disease-covid-19/ WHO Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak: https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019 WHO Country & Technical Guidance – Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance…

First record of Aedes albopictus  in Georgia and updated checklist of reported species-publication

«First record of Aedes albopictus  in Georgia and updated checklist of reported species-publication» in the Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association by Tamar Kutateladze, Ekaterine Zangaladze, Nato Dolidze, Tamar Mamatsashvili, Lamzira Tskhvaradze, Elizabeth S. Andrews and Andrew D. Haddow. Issue of September 2016.

http://www.bioone.org/toc/moco/32/3

Regional Capacity Building Training for Leading and Young Scientists.

On September 19-23th 2016, the ISTC in collaboration with BACAC and Regional Biosafety Training Centre (Dushanbe) delivered a regional CCHFV/Ebola Capacity Building Training Seminar for 42 leading and young scientists in the Tajik Research Institute of Preventive Medicine (TRIPM), Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The scientists included participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tajikistan,…