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Plague Death in Siberia Prompts Medical Observation of Nearly 200
A laboratory worker in Siberia has died after becoming ill.
A leader from the neighbouring Republic of Buryatia said the illness was plague.
Officials in the Irkutsk region have described it only as a particularly dangerous infection.
News outlets have suggested it may have been pneumonic plague, but that detail was not confirmed by officials.
Nearly 200 people are being watched by medical authorities.
The reports do not say how the woman caught the illness.
Irkutsk’s governor did not mention her death in his statement on Friday.
A laboratory worker in Russia’s Irkutsk region died after an illness described by regional officials as a particularly dangerous infection.
Alexei Tsydenov, head of neighbouring Buryatia, said on Friday that the woman died of plague.
Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation, according to The Moscow Times.
Media outlets described the suspected infection as pneumonic plague, but officials had not publicly confirmed that specific form.
Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev did not mention the woman’s death in his Friday statement.
- Who
- A laboratory worker died; nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation.
- What
- The worker’s death was identified as plague by Alexei Tsydenov, while Irkutsk officials described the illness as a particularly dangerous infection.
- Where
- The Irkutsk region in Siberia, Russia.
- When
- The death was confirmed in a statement on Friday; the article gives no date.
- Why
- Nearly 200 people were put under medical observation following the reported plague death.
Regional Officials’ Description
Reported Plague Identification
How the illness was identified
Regional Officials’ Description
Irkutsk officials had described the illness only as a particularly dangerous infection.
Reported Plague Identification
Alexei Tsydenov said the woman died of plague; media outlets described the suspected infection as pneumonic plague.
Key facts
- Location
- Irkutsk region, Siberia, Russia
- Reported death
- A laboratory worker
- People under observation
- Nearly 200
- Identification by Buryatia’s head
- Plague
- Irkutsk officials’ description
- A particularly dangerous infection
- Suspected form reported by media
- Pneumonic plague
- Statement day
- Friday; no calendar date specified
Sources
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