31. In Florida, five more employees at American Media tested positive for anthrax exposure. 32. Investigators were trying to determine whether the two letters were related to other possible anthrax exposures across the country. 33. Is this how the system is going to work if there is actually an anthrax exposure in a building in Central Texas? 34. Koplan explained that federal health officials were working under the assumption that anthrax exposure could only take place with an opened letter rather than just handling a tainted letter. 35. Morris died hours after making the call, in which he complained that officials had failed to test postal workers for anthrax exposure or warn them of the danger. 36. Nobody opened the envelope, but it fit a description the clinic had been given of letters threatening anthrax exposure. 37. Officials said that the anthrax exposures here were contained to the American Media building. 38. One of the employees had flulike symptons that could be consistent with anthrax exposure. 39. Postal officials said that mail would be diverted to other centers for processing, and that deliveries would not be delayed or interrupted because of the anthrax exposure. 40. Proliferating reports of possible anthrax exposure are testing the nerves of emergency officials, politicians and office workers from Prague to Petaluma. |