Bangkok Post
Disease control chief allays plague concern in Russia
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The Department of Disease Control (DDC) says there is no evidence of a plague outbreak in Russia and considers the risk of transmission to Thailand to be low.
Key facts
- Dr Montien Kanasawat, the DDC director-general, said officials were aware of reports that a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Irkutsk had died of severe lung inflammation on Sept 29.
- The Department of Disease Control (DDC) says there is no evidence of a plague outbreak in Russia and considers the risk of transmission to Thailand to be low.
- At least 197 people had close contact with the woman, but none had fallen ill, Dr Montien said.
- He added that laboratory tests had not confirmed Yersinia pestis—the bacterium that causes plague—as the cause of her death
Summary
Dr Montien Kanasawat, the DDC director-general, said officials were aware of reports that a 28-year-old woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Irkutsk had died of severe lung inflammation on Sept 29.
At least 197 people had close contact with the woman, but none had fallen ill, Dr Montien said.