#Russia denies second case of #pneumonia of unknown cause

 

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[#Russia Denies Second Case of Pneumonia of Unknown Cause#] 

    On October 8th local time, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) issued a statement denying online reports that a staff member at the Siberian and Far Eastern Institute for Plague Prevention in Irkutsk had died of "pneumonia of unknown cause" and that a second case had emerged among those who had been in contact with her. 

    The statement indicated that medical observation of all contacts of the aforementioned staff member had been completed, and no health abnormalities related to infectious diseases had been found. 

    Nearly 5,000 laboratory tests had not detected any dangerous pathogens. 

    The statement confirmed that the health and epidemic prevention situation in Irkutsk Oblast, Irkutsk City, and Sherekhov City was calm. 

    The institute in question is located in Irkutsk City, and the staff member died in Sherekhov City. 

    The statement also stated that the WHO had not confirmed any new cases. 

    At the request of the WHO, the agency has provided full information on the measures taken. 

    Previously, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on the social media platform X that the patient had died on October 2nd after being hospitalized with severe pneumonia. 

    Since the initial report by independent media, the WHO has been actively monitoring the situation regarding this death. 

    Russian health authorities have informed the WHO that no cases of plague have been reported recently in the Irkutsk region, and no high-threat pathogens have been detected in tests of those who had contact with the patient. (CCTV News video @Knews)

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