 by order of the Overseer Council. This file is subject to Level 4 classification. Level 4 clearance required. SCP-008, Level 4, Secret. Containment Class Euclid. Disruption Class Ecchi. Risk Class Danger. SCP-008 samples are Class 5 extreme biological hazards. They are to be handled with extreme care. If any SCP Foundation research facility with samples of SCP-008 suffers a containment breach, incineration and irradiation measures may be undertaken to contain the anomaly. Description. SCP-008 is a complex prion, samples of which are stored by the SCP Foundation. Traits of the SCP-008 prion include 100% infectiousness, 100% lethality, transmission through fluids, not airborne or waterborne. Symptoms of SCP-008 infection include Flu-like symptoms with high fever and mental processing issues in later stages. Come on set approximate 20 hours after first symptoms appear. A period of cellular necrosis which comes to resemble rot. Tissue which survives this necrosis becomes exceptionally durable. Metabolism may decrease to low levels, so subjects can survive without nutrition. Subject will wake from coma at this stage. Cognition is low and erratic. Subject is limited to basic physical actions. Subject will seek out uninfected humans and attempt to consume them. In short, SCP-008 infects subjects and converts them into zombies. Containment breach. Samples of SCP-008 were recently released in several cities across Earth. Approximately 1 million subjects have been infected by SCP-008. These cities are facing a pandemic level outbreak of SCP-008. The SCP Foundation is working with local authorities to contain SCP-008. The SCP Foundation will lock down areas of the city with SCP-008 zombies. And the area will be destroyed. Despite the civilian casualties this will cause, it is the only way to ensure that SCP-008 does not spread. A suitable cover story will be given to the public. SCP Foundation staff will be given their orders soon. Thank you for your cooperation. Secure. Contain. Protect.