Mongolia tightens health checks at the Russian border

• Confirmed Mongolia's Health Ministry (🇲🇳) instructed customs officials to improve entry-point checks.¹ 1
  • Confirmed Mongolia's Health Ministry (🇲🇳) said Selenge province border crossings operated normally, with health surveillance in place.¹ 1
  • Confirmed Mongolia's Health Ministry (🇲🇳) assessed the risk as low and ordered continued precautions and monitoring.¹ 1
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said Irkutsk residents and the surrounding region faced no epidemic risk. per Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺), via Interfax¹ 1
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said observation had ended for more than 90 percent of contacts. per an unnamed official¹ 1
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said nearly 5,000 laboratory tests found no dangerous pathogens. per Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺), via Interfax Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹ 1
• A 28-year-old female laboratory worker died on Oct. 2 at a hospital in Shelekhov. per the outlets, naming no source¹ 1
• Confirmed Tedros said the WHO (🇺🇳) had requested information from Russia about the worker and the worker's contacts.¹ 1
  • Confirmed Tedros said the WHO (🇺🇳) sought verification of reports that a second employee had pneumonia of undetermined cause.¹ 1
• Confirmed Tedros said Russia told the WHO (🇺🇳) that no plague case had recently been reported in the Irkutsk region. via Interfax¹ 1
  • Confirmed Tedros said Russia reported about 200 contacts had been quarantined.¹ 1

The reports (2)

• Mongolia Tightens Russia Border Checks Following Suspected Plague DeathNTD · 7 Oct, 20:53
• Tashkent, following Astana and Bishkek, tightened border controls after the death of an employee of an anti-plague research institute in RussiaРадио Азаттык · Russian · 7 Oct, 04:06