WHO wants more answers from Russia about lab worker's death, as pneumonic plague concerns linger
The World Health Organization is demanding more information from Russia regarding the death of a lab worker at an anti-plague institute in Siberia. There are concerns about potential exposure to pneumonic plague and reports of a second unexplained illness at the same facility.
Why it matters
The lack of transparency regarding potential pathogen exposure in a high-security lab raises significant international biosafety and public health concerns.
October 7 | Duration closed caption 5:27 The World Health Organization is investigating reports of a second infection linked to an anti-plague institute in Siberia. This comes after the death of a researcher from the same laboratory earlier this month, which studies pneumonic plague. Social Sharing A top official with the UN's health agency doesn't know how a lab worker in Siberia died amid concerns about plague, and she's urging Russia to provide more information.
There have been questions and concerns about the death of the 28-year-old woman, identified in Russian media as Darya Shipilova, amid speculation she died of pneumonic plague and that her death may be connected pathogens she worked with at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
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