More than 300 live virus samples went missing from an Australian state-run laboratory in the province of Queensland in what public health officials have deemed a "major breach" of biosecurity.

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Samples of Hendra virus, Lyssavirus and Hantavirus – 323 in total – are unaccounted for and were discovered missing from Queensland’s Public Health Virology Laboratory in August 2023.