Irkutsk Maternity Hospital Screens Patients for Plague After Lab Worker’s Death

Also reported as: Alarm in Siberia: Maternity hospital tests pregnant women for plague after researcher’s ; Drew a response: Rospotrebnadzor informó que las pruebas no detectaron microorganismos vinculados con su a

• A 28-year-old female laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute (🇷🇺) died on Oct. 2 in Shelekhov.¹
  • The 28-year-old female laboratory worker was hospitalised in Shelekhov with pneumonia symptoms.¹
  • Authorities had not publicly confirmed that the 28-year-old female laboratory worker had plague.¹
• The Irkutsk City Perinatal Center (🇷🇺) screened pregnant patients for possible plague exposure.¹
  • Claimed Ulyana Gavryunina said Irkutsk City Perinatal Center (🇷🇺) gave Ulyana Gavryunina a plague checklist on Oct. 5.¹
  • Claimed Ulyana Gavryunina said Irkutsk City Perinatal Center (🇷🇺) allowed entry only to pregnant patients from Friday.¹
  • Claimed Ulyana Gavryunina said Irkutsk City Perinatal Center (🇷🇺) required masks and temporarily barred birth partners.¹
• The Shelekhov hospital (🇷🇺) was placed under quarantine.¹
  • Earlier reports said 189 contacts of the 28-year-old female laboratory worker were placed under medical observation.¹

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• Irkutsk Maternity Hospital Screens Patients for Plague After Lab Worker’s DeathThe Moscow Times (🇳🇱) · 6 Oct, 09:31