EU seeks official data on suspected Russian plague death

• The European Commission (🇪🇺) and ECDC (🇪🇺) monitored a reported suspected pneumonic plague death in Irkutsk.¹
  • A laboratory worker in Irkutsk died after developing pneumonia suspected to be pneumonic plague.¹
  • Confirmed ECDC (🇪🇺) said Yersinia pestis infection had not been officially confirmed.¹
• European authorities asked Russia to provide epidemiological and microbiological data about the death.¹
• The EU Health Security Committee (🇪🇺) reviewed the case with ECDC (🇪🇺) and WHO (🇺🇳) representatives.¹
• No secondary cases had been reported.¹
• No evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission had been reported.¹

The reports (1)

• EU monitors a suspected death from pneumonic plague at a laboratory in Russia and calls for official dataForbes Romania (🇷🇴) · Romanian · 8 Oct, 07:48