Nigeria Confirms First Ebola Case, Sparking Concerns
Residents of Nigeria's capital Abuja express concern over the Ebola outbreak and potential lockdown measures.
Residents of Nigeria's capital Abuja express concern over the Ebola outbreak and potential lockdown measures.
According to a post by X user QuanLujun (@QuanLujun) at 11:29 Beijing time on October 14, Hulunbuir City issued a plague prevention and control risk alert, and stated that those previously accused of spreading rumors should respond. This post is the only source in this batch, with a related link attached; the specific details of the alert were not elaborated in the post.
On October 13, a reporter called the Hulunbuir Municipal Health Commission, and staff responded that there was no local plague outbreak. The plague prevention and control risk advisory issued earlier was merely routine public science education, and the related content has now been deleted to avoid public misunderstanding.
An AFP correspondent reporting from the site of the outbreak in Russia's Far East said local residents revealed that the actual number of plague deaths was 10, contradicting the official Russian figure of 1, drawing attention.
Reports circulating online claim that three suspected cases of plague imported from Russia have been found in Henan, China, and the host reminds the public to pay attention and take precautions.
The Hulunbuir City Center for Disease Control and Prevention stated in a document that the area is a natural plague reservoir and warned of the risk of pneumonic plague coming from the Far East region of Russia.
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.
On October 9, Chinese netizens posted videos showing many Chinese people in Russia waiting at customs to return home; other netizens, worried about the risk of the epidemic spreading, demanded that all returning personnel be rounded up and quarantined.
On October 8, the governor of Russia's Irkutsk Oblast announced that quarantine for close contacts related to the local plague research institute had ended and medical observation was completed.
On October 8, Dongjing News, run by Guizhou Radio and Television, posted a video on Bilibili claiming that online reports of plague cases in Russia were false news, and that in fact an employee of a Russian plague research institute had been diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown cause. In the comment section, netizens flooded the thread with sarcasm at the official debunking routine.
The World Health Organization says it has been in touch with Russian authorities and is tracking developments following the death of a female staff member at a plague research center in the Irkutsk region of Siberia.
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio asked Russia in Iceland to release more information about the Irkutsk laboratory incident to the world, and warned against repeating the disaster of China covering up the epidemic.
The U.S. Embassy in Moscow publicly announced deaths from a rat lung disease and quarantine measures, calling on U.S. citizens to cancel trips to Russia immediately or leave as soon as possible.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated on October 6 that China and Russia maintain close exchange and cooperation in the prevention and control of infectious diseases, including plague.
A laboratory worker at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died of severe pneumonia of unknown cause, followed by reports of a second employee's death, and the World Health Organization has requested that Moscow provide more information.