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Inhalation Anthrax Victim Released

3 Held In Connection With Anthrax Cases

Posted: 8:07 a.m. EST November 5, 2001Updated: 7:09 a.m. EST November 6, 2001

A New Jersey postal worker who contracted inhalation anthrax has been released from the hospital.

Norma Wallace works at the Hamilton post office where three anthrax-tainted letters sent to Washington and New York were processed.

Wallace had been in the hospital since October 19th.

She was on intravenous antibiotics until two days ago, when she switched to pills.

She says it is her obligation as an American to tell people about her disease and her recovery.

There have been five confirmed cases of skin or inhalation anthrax in New Jersey, and two suspected cases.

3 Held In Connection With Anthrax Cases

FBI agents have detained at least three people in New Jersey in the past week in connection with anthrax attacks.

The three live near a Trenton-area post office linked to anthrax letters. But investigators said they've found no direct links to the letters.

Traces Of Anthrax Found Inside Pentagon Post Office

There are reports that traces of anthrax were also found Saturday in the U.S. Post Office inside the Pentagon.

It is not a mailroom, but a post office set up inside the building. The post office remained closed, and six employees began taking antibiotics.

Defense officials said two postal boxes at the have tested positive for anthrax.

A United States Navy sailor who rents one of the two mail boxes was examined at Bethesda Naval Hospital Monday. No details were available on his identity or condition.

The other box was not being rented. Anyone who rents one of the 214 boxes is being offered anthrax screenings at the Pentagon.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention took samples last Tuesday. Two of the 17 tested positive. The boxes are located outside the post office, which is in a far corner of a concourse.

The office was decontaminated Sunday, and retesting results were negative.

The post office is separate from the Defense Department's own mailroom, which has tested clean. Officials say they'll screen people with post office boxes at the facility. No word on how the screening will be done.

The facility gets its mail from the Brentwood Post Office in D.C., which has been closed because of the discovery of anthrax there.

Health officials said trace amounts of anthrax were also found in the mailroom of the Washington Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Cleanup Of Anthrax-Tainted Senate Building Hits Snags

Concerns about the effectiveness of chlorine dioxide gas may delay the reopening of a Senate office building where anthrax was found.

The nine-story Hart Senate building might be too big for a bacteria-killing gas. Scientists said the temperature and humidity factors mean the gas may not be uniformly effective.

Senate leaders hoped to reopen the building November 13th. Half of the 100 senators work from the Hart building.

A letter laced with anthrax sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle was opened at his Hart building office.

Isolated spores of anthrax were later found in a freight elevator and a staircase. They are likely to be cleaned this week with a liquid containing chlorine dioxide that can be sprayed or wiped onto surfaces.

Letter To City Hall May Have Been Cross-Contaminated

Meanwhile, NBC said an anthrax-tainted package it sent to New York City Hall was likely cross-contaminated by a letter mailed to anchor Tom Brokaw.

A spokeswoman said she's not sure whether the package was mailed or delivered by other means.

It contained a videotape sent as a courtesy to the mayor's chief of staff. The tape was sent from Brokaw's office. He'd received an anthrax-laced letter in September.

A health department spokeswoman said officials are "pretty confident the package was cross-contaminated."

It's not certain which part of the package was actually contaminated.

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said "there is no reason to be concerned."

Anthrax Found In Veterans Medical Center Mailroom

More anthrax has turned up in the nation's capital.

A mail room in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center has tested positive for trace amounts of the bacteria.

Veterans Affairs spokesman Phil Budahn said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the finding.

Five mailroom employees are taking antibiotics as a precaution.

As for the center's 250 patients, Budahn said they're being closely watched. But he said there are no indications that patients -- or other staff -- have come into contact with anthrax.

The medical center also gets mail from the Brentwood facility.

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