US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia, Rubio says
Summary
A Russian lab worker died after becoming ill at a plague research center in Siberia. U.S. officials are closely watching the situation to make sure the disease does not spread, but Russian authorities say there is no emergency.Key Facts
- A woman in her late twenties who worked at a plague research lab in Siberia died from pneumonia of unknown cause.
- Officials said no dangerous germs related to her work were found in her body samples.
- She may have caught the illness after breaking a test tube or visiting an area where plague bacteria live in wild animals.
- About 200 people who had contact with her are being watched by doctors as a precaution.
- Russia’s health watchdog found no emergency at the Anti-Plague Institute in Irkutsk.
- The plague bacteria, Yersinia pestis, still exist in rodents in parts of Siberia.
- Pneumonic plague can spread between people but can be treated with antibiotics.
- U.S. Senator Marco Rubio said the U.S. is monitoring the case but sees no cause for alarm.
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