What Is the Pneumonic Plague and How Dangerous Is It?
The pulmonary infection is a severe disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis when it enters the lungs.
A Russian researcher at a plague laboratory has died, leading the U.S. State Department to call for greater transparency from the Russian government. Russia has not confirmed the cause of death, attributing it to pneumonia of unknown origin, and informed the WHO that there are no plague cases in the city where the worker died.
- A Russian researcher at a plague laboratory has died.
- The U.S. State Department has called for more transparency from the Russian government.
- Russia has not confirmed if the worker died of plague, citing pneumonia of unknown origin.
- Russian officials told the WHO there are no plague cases in Irkutsk, where the worker died.
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