Russia Invokes Preventive Measures After Plague Lab Worker’s Death
The watchdog said the public health situation in the Irkutsk region and the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov remains under control.
TL;DR
- Preventive measures were implemented by Russian health authorities.
- The measures followed the death of a laboratory worker.
- The worker was employed at the Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
- The worker was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown origin.
- It is unconfirmed if the worker contracted plague.
- The timing of the death is unclear.