In the Irkutsk region, observation of 60% of those who had contact with the deceased doctor has been completed

In the Irkutsk region, medical observation of 60 percent of people who had contact with an employee of the anti-plague institute, who was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown etiology, was completed. Rospotrebnadzor reported this, TASS reports.

It is noted that the decision to end the observation was made after receiving the results of laboratory tests and assessing the health status of people. The department emphasized that the situation remains under control.

On October 2, it became known that an employee of the anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region ended up in the hospital and could not be saved. After this, a number of publications published reports that the Russian woman could have contracted pneumonic plague while performing her official duties, and about 200 people were quarantined. Later, Rospotrebnadzor clarified that the woman was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown etiology.