Temor por la peste en Rusia tras la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio en un centro de investigación | BBC News

Este informe de BBC News trata sobre la muerte de una trabajadora de laboratorio de 28 años en un centro de investigación sobre la peste en Siberia, Rusia. La muerte ha generado preocupación por una posible propagación de la enfermedad, y la Organización Mundial de la Salud y Estados Unidos han pedido a Rusia más información. Las autoridades rusas afirman que siguen investigando la causa y que las personas que estuvieron en contacto con la víctima dieron negativo en peste neumónica. Según informes, unas 200 personas fueron puestas en observación en la región de Irkutsk tras la muerte. El organismo sanitario ruso Rospotrebnadzor describió la causa como "neumonía de etiología indeterminada".

• Una trabajadora de laboratorio murió en un centro siberiano de investigación sobre la peste
• La OMS y Estados Unidos han pedido más información a Rusia
• Los contactos habrían dado negativo en peste neumónica

The death of a worker at a Russian plague research centre in Siberia has raised concerns that the deadly disease could spread. The World Health Organisation and the United States have both asked Russia for more information on the circumstances surrounding the incident. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has urged Russia to release more information. "I think it's incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world," Rubio told reporters. "We're watching it very closely, hour by hour." The incident has sparked a flurry of speculation about the circumstances in which the 28-year-old woman died. Russian officials have said they are still investigating the cause of the death but those who came into contact with the victim all tested negative to pneumonic plague. Reports first emerged on Friday of almost 200 people being placed under observation in Siberia's Irkutsk region following the death. The lab worker, named in Russian media as Darya Shipilova, had reportedly fallen ill a couple of days earlier. Unconfirmed reports suggested that she had become ill after breaking a test tube containing the pathogen or following a field trip to a region where plague occurs naturally among wild rodents. But Russian officials have played down those reports. The country's health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said the woman had died of "pneumonia of an undetermined etiology". Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Steve Rosenberg. Subscribe to our channel here: https://bbc.in/bbcnews For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com/news #BBCNews