Share to ClassroomWHO Asks Why Lab Worker Died
A young woman died in Russia on October 2. She was 28 years old. She worked in a lab that studies plague and other dangerous diseases. Some local reports say she had a kind of plague. Russia says she died of a lung illness, but it does not know why. The WHO (the world health group) still does not know why she died.
Countries must tell the WHO about serious health problems in 24 hours. Russia agreed to this rule. But the WHO first heard about the death in the news. Russia answered the WHO three days later. About 200 people had to stay away from others.
Russia says its tests found no dangerous germs. In the United States, health workers will check some travellers at a New York airport. They say the danger is very small. Doctors can stop plague with medicine if they find it early.
