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Should I be worried about Irkutsk Oblast plague scare?

Mis à jour · Gradué à partir des évaluations officielles ; rien ici n'est un avis médical.

Alerte à la peste dans l'oblast d'Irkoutsk · modéré

If you are in the affected area aucune évaluation
No agency has published a risk assessment for people in Irkutsk Oblast. WHO and Russian authorities, as reported on 6 October, said Russia had told WHO there were 0 confirmed plague cases there, and some reports also said 0 suspected cases.
If you are elsewhere in the same country or region aucune évaluation
No agency has published a risk assessment for people elsewhere in Russia linked to this event. The latest official position reported on 6 October is that Russia told WHO there were 0 confirmed plague cases in Irkutsk Oblast.
If you are travelling there soon aucune évaluation
No agency has published a travel risk assessment for Irkutsk Oblast or Russia linked to this event. WHO and Russian authorities, as reported on 6 October, said there were 0 confirmed plague cases in Irkutsk Oblast.
If you are elsewhere in the world aucune évaluation
No agency has published a risk assessment for people elsewhere in the world linked to this event. WHO and Russian authorities, as reported on 6 October, said Russia had reported 0 confirmed plague cases in Irkutsk Oblast.

Ce qui se passe

Since 6 October, reports from Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, have centered on a possible plague-linked pneumonia event, but as of 7 October there is still no official confirmation of plague. Russian authorities have told WHO there are 0 confirmed plague cases there, and some reports say WHO was also told there are 0 suspected cases. At the same time, media reports describe a laboratory employee dying from pneumonia of unknown origin and restrictions at some facilities in Irkutsk Oblast, while officials deny a plague threat and say some reports of sanitary controls are false or exaggerated. The latest figures remain split: official figures are 0 confirmed cases and 0 suspected cases, while media report 2 deaths, unverified, 200 hospitalised, unverified, and 200 contacts under observation, unverified. WHO is monitoring the reports, and local follow-up of contacts has been reported, but no public laboratory confirmation of Yersinia pestis has been reported.

Qui est touché et comment cela se transmet

Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. It is usually a zoonotic infection involving small mammals and their fleas, and people can be infected by flea bites, direct contact with infected animals or materials, or by inhalation. The pneumonic form can spread from person to person through respiratory droplets. The incubation period is usually 1 to 7 days depending on the route of exposure, and WHO says pneumonic plague is almost always fatal if it is not treated promptly.

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