Tag Archive: pneumonic plague

Concerns over a possible pneumonic plague case in Russia’s Siberia region have prompted medical monitoring of around 200 contacts, though officials have not confirmed plague as the cause of death.

Concerns over infection have grown after the death of a 28-year-old employee at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, with about 200 people under medical observation.

Concern has grown in Russia after an anti-plague lab employee died in Siberia, though officials say no widespread plague outbreak has been confirmed.