Did a Russian lab worker die from pneumonic plague? What we know — and don't know - CBC
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What we know about the suspected plague death in RussiaOctober 5|Duration 2:01Two-hundred people have been placed under medical observation in Siberia, Russia, after a laboratory worker died after a reported accident at a plague research facility. The World Health Organization says the public health risk remains low. An unnerving story has emerged from southeastern Russia involving the death of 28-year-old woman from pneumonia and fears that she may have been exposed to a form of plague at the lab where she worked. Yes, plague — specifically, pneumonic plague. Few details are confirmed. Russian authorities say there is currently no evidence that the illness was connected to any of the pathogens she worked with at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East. But the governor of a neighbouring region fuelled speculation over the weekend when he posted on Telegram suggesting the woman had died of plague, later altering his comment to include "maybe. " People have been quarantined at the hospital where she died last week; many others who came in contact with her were put under medical supervision, according to Anna Popova, Russia's public health agency.
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