Russia ‘pneumonic plague’: What we know about the quarantine in Siberia after a researcher’s death |
Russia ‘pneumonic plague’: What we know about the quarantine in Siberia after a researcher’s death
The U.S. is investigating reports that a lab technician at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute was diagnosed with pneumonia of ‘unknown’ origin.
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U.S. investigators are closely monitoring reports that dozens of people are in quarantine after the death of a Russian laboratory worker studying the plague in Siberia.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the State Department, the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, and other U.S. government agencies are trying to determine what happened after a 28-year-old female lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia........