Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker death
Russia denies plague cases after laboratory technician's death; US demands 'transparency' as WHO monitors situation.
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Russia denies plague cases after laboratory technician's death; US demands 'transparency' as WHO monitors situation.
Dozens of people have been quarantined over a suspected case of the plague in Russia’s Siberia.
The US and Russia have each offered to help each other tackling infectious diseases.
Plague is still endemic to Siberia, the location of the first known prehistoric human outbreak.
The US says it is monitoring the case of a lab technician who died at a plague research centre in Siberia.
Moscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, stressing that post-mortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation. Reports on Friday that plague had killed a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who had been working for the anti-plague institute in Siberia's Irkutsk region, sparked alarm. FRANCE 24's August Hakansson reports.
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