Russia Reports That Contact Tracing Is Finished for Suspected Plague Case

Russia Reports That Contact Tracing Is Finished for Suspected Plague Case

Investigation into Lab Worker’s Death Concludes The Russian health agency Rospotrebnadzor, along with the governor of the Irkutsk region, announced on Thursday that they have completed all quarantine and monitoring protocols in light of a laboratory worker’s unexpected death, finding no evidence of pneumonic plague transmission. Reports from Siberia this week detailed the untimely passing […]

Ebola Contact Tracing in DR Congo Is ‘Almost Impossible,’ Says W.H.O. Chief Tedros

Ebola Contact Tracing in DR Congo Is 'Almost Impossible,' Says W.H.O. Chief Tedros

WHO Chief Highlights Challenges in DRC Ebola Outbreak On Wednesday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), expressed concern over the violent attacks targeting health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He noted that these incidents have made contact tracing for Ebola nearly “impossible,” seriously hampering efforts to […]