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First published in Respekt, adapted by EUobserver
Unsavoury news comes from Russia often these days. But the latest unexpected development is the spread of a deadly disease.
Behind the mysterious death of a young woman in Siberia in early October was reportedly pneumonic plague – a disease so contagious it is considered as bad as anthrax, smallpox, and Ebola.
Local authorities in Russia have denied the plague as cause of death, but despite this, they have implemented anti-epidemic measures.
Eva Hrncirova, a spokesperson for the European Commission, said on Thursday (8 October): “Russia should make information about the plague available as soon as possible. This is what we need”.
“We had a meeting with the member states yesterday within the [EU Commission’s] Health Security Committee, and with the WHO [World Health Organization], who are in contact with our delegation in Moscow,” she said.
Russia was asked by the WHO to share “timely, precise, and exact information” about the possible plague in Siberia, she also said.
“We don’t have enough information to assess the epidemiological situation,” she added.
Pneumonic plague disease can be treated with antibiotics if detected early, but officials beyond Russia’s borders are left with worrying questions.
Did an Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute lab technician in Shelekhov (Siberia) really die of plague?
If so, was it a natural version of the disease, or a more dangerous bacterium modified in military labs?
And what is the risk of the Middle Ages-era disease spreading?
Pneumonic plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis — the same one that once brought devastating plague epidemics known as the Black Death.
The pneumonic form of plague, a disease that killed up to half of Europe’s population in the 14th century, spreads through droplets by coughing or sneezing.
It manifests as severe, rapidly developing pneumonia that almost always ends in death if left untreated. But if antibiotics are administered in time (ideally within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms), the disease is treatable.
Independent Russian-language media say that Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician at the research and hygiene institute in question, accidentally broke a test tube containing plague bacteria in late September, became infected and died in hospital several days later, on 2 October.
Authorities have not confirmed the cause of the woman’s death, letting on only that she died of pneumonia and claiming that no microorganisms connected with her work had been found in her body.
Some 200 of her contacts were subsequently put into quarantine with medical supervision.
Authorities also ordered a three-week quarantine at several hospitals in the wider area, and facemasks for the wider population – even for schoolchildren.
Russia’s neighbours, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, have all introduced border controls.
Russia said the epidemic situation in the area was stable, that none of the deceased woman’s contacts had shown signs of infection, and that there was no cause for concern.
However, the head of Russia’s public health authority reportedly travelled to Irkutsk to attend a meeting with local officials, while residents of Shelekhov report that people in protective suits are moving around the town.
And epidemiologists say it is simply not possible that Russia’s public health service would resort to such dramatic measures, including closing hospitals, over a single case of ‘pneumonia of unknown origin’ .
The institute where the laboratory technician worked is said to be a civilian facility that, among other things, researches and monitors the incidence of plague.
In Siberia, especially near the borders with China and Mongolia, the bacteria in question still circulate among animals and occasionally infect humans, as they do in some parts of Africa, where the disease is most common.
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Manhã excelente para a prática do futebol no início do campeonato distrital de juvenis. O Vila Real entrou forte e determinado, com os olhos sempre postos na baliza contrária. Aos 15’, boa jogada pela esquerda do ataque da casa, com Pedro Vieira a fazer o remate vitorioso para o primeiro golo. Aos 21’, boa jogada do ataque local, culminada com um cruzamento para o coração da área, com um avançado da casa a rematar sobre a barra quando estava em ótima posição. O Vila Real tinha em Matheus Garcia o elemento mais esclarecido no ataque. O jogador sofreu uma falta na área e o mesmo jogador converteu o penálti. O Vila Real continuou a dominar e, aos 68’, após jogada bem delineada de Pedro Veiga, obrigou Miguel Cunha a boa intervenção.
O Vila Real estava senhor do jogo e assim continuou até ao final, numa vitória justa da melhor equipa.
Bom trabalho do trio de arbitragem.
FICHA TÉCNICA
Complexo Desportivo do Monte da Forca
Árbitro: João Botelho
Auxiliares: Marta Monteiro e Leonor Carvalho
VILA REAL: Pedro Vilela; Filipe Santos, Gui Pinto, Martim Leite e Salvador Santos (Teixeira, 70’); Luís Gonçalves, Francisco Morais e Nuno Araújo; Matheus Garcia (Martim Afonso, 83’), Rafael Fontinha (Rodrigo Azevedo, 60’) e Pedro Vieira (Gonçalo Monteiro, 70’)
Treinador: Micael Teixeira
CHAVES: Miguel Cunha; David Wang (David Teixeira, 62’), André Lima, Rafael Varandas e Tomás Oliveira (Tiago Moutinho, 85’); António Teixeira, Daniel Bernardino (Cavaleiro, 78’) e Rodrigo Domingues (Simão Silva, 62’); Valentim Ribeiro (Gonçalo Xavier, 46’), Francisco Pereira e João Silva (Rafael Martins, 46’ depois Tiago Moutinho, 85’)
Treinador: Dylan Teixeira
Ao intervalo: 2-0
Marcadores: Pedro Vieira (15’), Matheus Garcia (42’ g.p.)
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Início equilibrado com os visitantes a aproveitarem uma falha defensiva para inaugurar o marcador através de Francisco Lourenço. Este tento motivou os aguiarenses, que eram mais rápidos a sair para o ataque, criando algumas situações de perigo. O técnico da casa procedeu a duas alterações na tentativa de dar outro rumo ao jogo, acabando por tirar dividendos aos 32’ com a obtenção do tento de igualdade, por Vasco Teixeira. Aos 39’, Vasco Teixeira teve nos pés a hipótese de desfazer a igualdade e, aos 41’, valeu uma boa intervenção de Nélson Fernandes a remate de Pedro Martins.
No início da etapa complementar valeu a atenção do guardião aguiarense ao deter um remate intencional de Rodrigo Morais. O Abambres apresentava maior ambição e, aos 60’, numa jogada individual, o mesmo jogador ultrapassa vários adversários e obriga Nélson Fernandes a defesa apertada. Sempre à procura do tento da vitória, o Abambres criou situações que foi desperdiçando e, aos 82’, Tomás Pinto evidenciou-se ao travar um cruzamento remate de Rodrigo Pinto.
No cômputo geral, a igualdade agradou às duas equipas.
FICHA TÉCNICA
Complexo Desportivo D. Maria Lurdes do Amaral
Árbitro: Filipe Ferreira
Auxiliares: Fernando Clemente e Rodrigo Pinto
ABAMBRES: Tomás Pinto; Santiago Frederico (Rodrigo Morais, 29’), Guilherme Rocha, David Ribeiro e David Lopes; Afonso Guerra (Simão Pereira, 81’), Tomás Teixeira (David Vinhas, 29’) e Eduardo Fraga (Gonçalo Teixeira, 81’); Vasco Teixeira (Guilherme Pereira, 81’), Davide Castelo (Vasco Guerra, 59’) e Pedro Martins.
Treinador: António Barros
VILA POUCA: Nélson Fernandes; Vasco Machado (Rodrigo Trigo, 46’), João Sousa, Rodrigo Costa e Dani Ferreira; Francisco Ribeiro (Leandro Sousa, 82’), Diego Fragoso (Tiago Alves, 46’) e Francisco Lourenço; Diego Pereira (Rodrigo Gomes, 71’), Rodrigo Ramos e Afonso Braga (João Ferreira, 71’).
Treinador: Paulo Gonçalves
Ao intervalo: 1-1
Cartões amarelos: Francisco Lourenço (30’) e David Ribeiro (88’)
Marcadores: Francisco Lourenço (10’) e Vasco Teixeira (32’)
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