Hulunbuir Issues Plague Prevention and Control Risk Alert, Noting Death of Russian Research Institute Employee from Pneumonia of Unknown Cause

On October 11, the official authorities of Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, issued a plague prevention and control risk alert, mentioning that an employee of the Plague Control and Research Institute in Irkutsk, Russia, died on October 2 from pneumonia of unknown cause. The alert reminded people coming from epidemic areas in the Russian Far East to seek immediate medical attention if they develop suspected symptoms and to disclose their travel history. The World Health Organization said on October 10 that it still could not determine the cause of the disease.