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To: mistermj who wrote (2234)1/14/2003 9:44:40 PM
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New anthrax scare reported
Last Updated: 15 Jan 2003 02:30 GMT
reuters.co.uk

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Traces of deadly anthrax bacteria have been found at the centre that checks mail addressed to the Federal Reserve in Washington D.C., U.S. Postal Service officials have said.

"The Federal Reserve routinely tests mail delivered to its headquarters in Washington in a secure facility," Thomas Day, vice president of engineering for the U.S. Postal Service, told a news conference on Tuesday.

He said the suspect item did not enter the Federal Reserve headquarters.

"We have a single test result from one sample out of many that are done over at the Federal Reserve," Day said. "This appears to be a very isolated incident and it is not clear at all specifically what, if any, piece of mail this came from."

He said the Postal Service was now doing precautionary testing for anthrax at the Washington mail facility which handles mail going to all federal offices in the city.

Day said there was no evidence of broad contamination or of risk to employees at the mail facility. "There's absolutely nothing that indicates we have a contamination problem here," he said.

The Postal Service said it expected results of the tests at its facility early on Wednesday.

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