International health authorities are on alert over a possible case of plague that may not even exist. The death of a laboratory worker at a plague research facility in Russia’s Irkutsk region on October 2 sparked concerns, and the World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday offered technical assistance to the Russian government while requesting additional information needed to assess any potential risk.

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AF! O caso aconteceu na região russa de Irkutsk, na Sibéria. Segundo relatos da imprensa, uma técnica de laboratório de 28 anos, identificada como Darya Shipilova, terá partido acidentalmente uma proveta com bactérias vivas enquanto recolhia amostras; foi hospitalizada com sintomas de pneumonia grave e morreu dois dias depois. As autoridades colocaram pelo menos 197 […]

Among so many faces, Roberto Mosquera remembered one in particular the day he arrived in Eswatini, a small country tucked away in southern Africa. He kept seeing that face over the following 14 months, which passed slowly and unbearably in the compressed world between the white and gray walls of the maximum-security cell at Matsapha prison. The man is serious, tall, dark-skinned and wears round glasses. His name is Jabulani Kunene and he is the prison official in charge. For more than a year, Mosquera has asked him the same question every time he passes by: “How long are you going to keep me locked up here?” Kunene has always given him the same answer: “I don’t know, Roberto, I don’t know.”

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