Russia Monitors 189 People After Researcher's Suspected Plague Death
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Updated · CNBC · Oct 5
Russia Monitors 189 People After Researcher's Suspected Plague Death
3 articles · Updated · CNBC · Oct 5
Summary
189 people in Russia's Irkutsk region were placed under medical observation after an employee at an anti-plague institute fell ill and later died.
Alexei Tsydenov, head of neighboring Buryatia, said the woman died from an unspecified form of plague, while Rospotrebnadzor described her diagnosis as pneumonia of unknown etiology.
Expanded testing has not found microorganisms linked to the employee's work, and Russia's health watchdog said the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Irkutsk and Shelekhov remains stable.
Friday reports identified the patient as a 27-year-old researcher who became sick after a work trip to Buryatia, where an outbreak had been reported near the Mongolia border.
Axios said the White House is monitoring the suspected case and quarantines, with a Trump administration official saying the U.S. is assessing options.