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An employee of the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk fell ill with pneumonia, which prompted a safety check when working with pathogens.
An employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute who fell ill with pneumonia was vaccinated and had immunity to the dangerous infections with which she worked. This was stated by the Governor of the Russian region Igor Kobzev in the Telegram channel.
According to him, the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Irkutsk and Shelekhov is calm, the results of laboratory tests did not reveal dangerous pathogenic microorganisms.
“No emergency situations were identified when working with pathogenic microorganisms at the institute. Compliance with proper controls when working with pathogenic microorganisms has been confirmed,” he wrote.

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