WHO seeks answers on reported second illness at Russian plague institute
The health agency wants Russia to verify a report of another worker with pneumonia and explain the tests and quarantine measures that followed a laboratory worker’s death.
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WHO seeks answers on Irkutsk lab worker’s death as Russia rejects plague reports
WHO says it cannot yet assess the public health risk after an Irkutsk laboratory worker died with severe pneumonia and reports emerged of a second employee with pneumonia.
WHO cannot fully assess risk after Irkutsk laboratory worker’s death
WHO says it lacks enough information to assess risks after an Irkutsk laboratory worker’s death. Russia says no recent plague case has been reported in the region.