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Hong Kong Enacts Pneumonia Checks for Arrivals From Russia After Mystery Lab Death
The Centre for Health Protection said no Hong Kong arrivals from Russia have shown pneumonia of unknown origin, and around 200 people were quarantined.
- Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection stepped up surveillance on Monday for arrivals from Russia after a laboratory worker in Siberia died from severe pneumonia of undetermined causes.
- The worker at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute died on October 2, with Russian authorities stating the infection's origin "had yet to be determined" despite reports of suspected pneumonic plague.
- According to the World Health Organization , there is "no evidence of ongoing transmission," while Reuters reported that Russian authorities placed around 200 people in quarantine following the incident.
- Mask demand surged on Wednesday, October 7, when local manufacturer Hong Kong Mask reported a 719 per cent increase in orders amid heightened alert following the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Port Health Division officers have stepped up temperature checks at flight gates, while the CHP urged doctors to remain vigilant for respiratory symptoms in recent arrivals from Russia.
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Hong Kong enacts pneumonia checks for arrivals from Russia after mystery lab death
Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has stepped up checks for arrivals from Russia after a lab worker in Siberia died from severe pneumonia of undetermined causes earlier this month. The World Health Organization (WHO) became aware of the death at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute on October 2, according to a statement on […]
·Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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In Beijing, they're afraid that the Russian Federation might be hiding information about the plague.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jan-di = Amid suspicions of plague infection following the death of a patient with pneumonia of unknown cause at a research institute in Russia, quarantine authorities [are] domestic ...
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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