{"id":384851,"date":"2026-10-05T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-anti-epidemic-measures-imposed\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:00:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T15:00:29","slug":"worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-anti-epidemic-measures-imposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/worker-at-russian-plague-lab-dies-anti-epidemic-measures-imposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Worker at Russian plague lab dies; \u2018anti-epidemic measures\u2019 imposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/SjKSQKN_cGc\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Worker at Russian plague lab dies; \u2018anti-epidemic measures\u2019 imposed\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SjKSQKN_cGc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities have imposed \u201canti-epidemic measures\u201d after a laboratory worker at an institute in Siberia dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of a mysterious illness. <\/p>\n<p>The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, died after being diagnosed with a pneumonia of \u201cunknown\u201d origin, according to Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian agency that handles infectious disease. <\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Fred Pleitgen has the details and CNN\u2019s Omar Jimenez discusses the implications of the death with Columbia Mailman School of Public Health virologist Angela Rasmussen. Also, CNN\u2019s Becky Anderson speaks with Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor of Medicine Dr. William Schaffner about the mystery surrounding researcher\u2019s death.  <\/p>\n<p>0:00 What we know about a Russian researcher\u2019s death of unknown infection<br \/>\n3:21 Is there a risk of the infection spreading?<br \/>\n7:18 What more do we need to know and is the mysterious illness treatable? <\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Russia #Plague #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian authorities have imposed \u201canti-epidemic measures\u201d after a laboratory worker at an institute in Siberia dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of a mysterious illness. 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