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En laboratoriearbetare i Sibirien har avlidit i lunginflammation av okänt ursprung vid ett pestforskningsinstitut.
– Vi har än så länge inte fått en fullständig bild av den här händelsen och kan inte utföra en fullvärdig riskbedömning, säger WHO-chefen Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus på en presskonferens på onsdagen.
En laboratoriearbetare vid ett pestforskningsinstitut i Sibirien dog i förra veckan i en ”lunginflammation av okänt ursprung”. Snabbt väcktes farhågor om lungpest och enligt ryska oberoende medier sattes flera sjukhus och människor i karantän.
WHO har begärt information från Ryssland efter lokala medieuppgifter om en andra laboratorieanställd med lunginflammation av okänd orsak. Det är inte fastställt att personen har pest.
Enligt FN-organets initiala riskbedömning uppskattas dock risken för allmänheten som låg.
Även USA och EU har begärt mer information. På tisdagskvällen sade USA:s president Donald Trump att han ”mycket snart” har ett schemalagt telefonsamtal med Rysslands ledare Vladimir Putin om saken.
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Telefonsamtal mellan Trump och Putin om händelsen.
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