Expert issues Russia 'plague' warning - 'life-threatening within 48 hours'

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• An infectious-disease expert warned that untreated pneumonic plague could become life-threatening within 48 hours.¹
• A female laboratory worker died.¹
  • Daria Shipilova was 28.¹
  • Daria Shipilova worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East (🇷🇺).¹
  • Claimed Daria Shipilova may have been exposed to live Yersinia pestis after reportedly breaking a test tube.¹
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said Daria Shipilova had contracted pneumonia of unknown aetiology.¹
• The incident was said to have prompted authorities to place nearly 200 people under observation.¹

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• Expert issues Russia 'plague' warning - 'life-threatening within 48 hours'Express.co.uk (🇬🇧) · 5 Oct, 21:41