Uzbekistan tightens preventive measures after plague reports in Russia

AKIPRESS.COM – Uzbekistan has stepped up preventive measures following reports of a dangerous infectious disease in Russia’s Irkutsk region, the Committee for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health reported.

Measures are being taken to prevent the potential import and spread of the infection. Specialists are monitoring the situation based on information from Russian authorities and the World Health Organization.

In particular, information on laboratory confirmation of the diagnosis, the potential source and route of infection, the spread of the disease and the number of affected people is being verified.

The committee urged citizens not to spread information from unreliable sources.

Earlier, it was reported that a 28-year-old woman died in Irkutsk region on the night of October 2. According to Buryatia Head Alexey Tsydenov, the cause of death was plague. Around 20 people who had contact with the woman were placed under medical observation.