Russian Official Says Quarantine Complete After Siberian Plague Lab Death
U.S. and U.N. officials have pushed for more information from Russia following a laboratory worker's death in Siberia.
TL;DR
- A Russian official stated that preventive measures at a Siberian plague research lab are complete.
- No dangerous pathogens were detected following the death of a worker.
- The worker died from community-acquired pneumonia at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute.
- The employee was vaccinated and had immunity to the pathogens she worked with.