Plague Watch: Siberia
A laboratory technician at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has died of severe pneumonia, and nearly 200 contacts are under observation. Officials have not confirmed plague. We walk through the timeline, the quarantine, the competing explanations, and what pneumonic plague actually is.
- The Timeline
- The Response
- Is It Plague?
- What Pneumonic Plague Is
- What to Watch