Kazakhstan tightens border checks over possible plague case in Russia

In response to: Expert issues Russia 'plague' warning - 'life-threatening within 48 hours'; In response to: I'M TELLING YOU: WATCH THIS OUTBREAK. PLAGUE REPORTED IN RUSSIA.

• Confirmed Kazakhstan’s Health Ministry (🇰🇿) monitored Russia’s Irkutsk region and took additional measures at the border.¹
  • Confirmed Kazakhstan’s Health Ministry (🇰🇿) said border checkpoints had quarantine controls.¹
• A 28-year-old laboratory worker died at a hospital in Shelekhov on 2 October.¹
  • The 28-year-old laboratory worker worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute (🇷🇺).¹
• About 200 people who had contact with Daria Shipilova were placed under quarantine.¹
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said tests found no pathogen linked to Daria Shipilova’s death.¹
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said biological samples contained no pathogens linked to Daria Shipilova’s professional activities.¹
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said no microorganism incidents had been recorded at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute (🇷🇺).¹
• Claimed International media reported that a test tube containing a plague pathogen broke at the laboratory worker’s workplace.¹
  • Claimed International media placed the test-tube break about a week before the laboratory worker became ill.¹
• Confirmed Kazakhstan’s health authorities (🇰🇿) urged citizens with post-travel symptoms to seek medical attention immediately.¹
  • Confirmed Kazakhstan’s health authorities (🇰🇿) advised citizens to give healthcare workers exact travel locations and dates.¹
  • Confirmed Kazakhstan’s Health Ministry (🇰🇿) advised the public to rely only on official sources.¹

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• Kazakhstan tightens border checks over possible plague case in RussiaGeorgia Today (🇬🇪) · 6 Oct, 10:40