DARYA SHIPILOVA: TECH AT RUSSIAN PLAGUE INSTITUTE IN SERBIA DIES OF PNEUMONIC PLAGUE - DOZENS QUARANTINED
Written by Michael Thervil
[RUSSIA DARYA SHIPILOVA SERBIA PNEUMONIC PLAGUE] With reported death of 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, who was a lab technician at a Russian plague institute in the Siberian region of Irkutsk, Russia due to accidentally contracting a variant of the pneumonic plague which wiped out millions of people throughout Eurasia and North Africa between the period of 1346 to 1353. While it was also reported that dozens of people that worked in the facility have been quarantined, there could be up to 200 people in total currently in quarantine.
Russian watchdog organization Rospotrebnadzor, released a statement to the Press that Darya Shipilova was diagnosed with “pneumonia of unknown aetiology”. While in the past there was no known treatment for any kind of plague, today there are some treatments available that are successful if symptoms of the Plague are rare if identified early. Authorities in Serbia and elsewhere in Russia took steps to ensure that the safety of the public is their main priority and that no one outside the confines of the facility have contracted the illness. The main driver of the Pneumonic Plague is the Bacterium Yersinia Pestis and has been known to be found in small animals and the fleas and ticks that tend to feed off their blood. The Pneumonic Plague, although rare, has been historically highly infectious and extremely fatal if not treated early.
The American Center for Disease Control (CDC) and the Trump Administration have stated that they are “monitoring the situation closely” and have taken the position that the Pneumonic plague is of no threat to the American public. The World Health Organization (WHO) is also looking into the situation and has made the current determination the situation does pose an international health just yet. However, with remnants of COVID-19 still being fresh on the minds of billions of people within the international community, there is a sizable amount of people that are still showing cause for concern as they remember the socio-economic toll COVID-19 took on their lives and businesses.
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