俄羅斯伊爾庫茨克州一間抗鼠疫研究所,有研究人員懷疑感染傳染性極高的肺鼠疫後死亡。當局事後追蹤到189名密切接觸者,並已安排他們集中隔離,暫時未發現其他病例。
俄羅斯伊爾庫茨克州一間抗鼠疫研究所,有研究人員懷疑感染傳染性極高的肺鼠疫後死亡。AP資料圖片
當局透露,死者為28歲的希皮洛娃,生前在該研究所任職,死於不明原因的肺炎。當地傳媒引述消息報道,希皮洛娃是在實驗室工作期間接觸到破損的試管,繼而感染肺鼠疫,留醫後最終不治。
A Russian scientist who worked at an anti-plague institute in Siberia died after reportedly developing severe pneumonia, sparking questions over whether she contracted plague bacteria in the lab. Russian health officials say tests found no link to her work and list the cause of death as pneumonia of unknown origin, @RamyInocencio reports.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 5, 2026
據報,當局已就事件追蹤到189名密切接觸者,並將他們集中隔離。衛生部門指出,在希皮洛娃的密切接觸者中,有兩人證實患感冒、兩人確診新冠,其餘人士的檢測結果均為陰性。當局同時強調,希皮洛娃的檢測樣本並未發現與其職業相關的微生物,涉事研究所亦沒有其他員工出現病徵,情況受控,呼籲公眾保持冷靜。
世界衛生組織。AP資料圖片
世界衛生組織介紹,鼠疫是一種由動物源性細菌引起的傳染病,通常可在小型哺乳動物及其跳蚤上發現。其中肺鼠疫傳染性極強,可透過空氣中的飛沫在人際傳播,從而引發嚴重疫情;若沒有早期治療,死亡率介乎30%至100%。
There are now reports from Shelekhov in Siberia about men walking in the city in hazmat suits. The hospital is quarantined and the pharmacies in the city of ran out of antibiotics. The 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova died on Friday at hospital in the city after accidentally breaking a test sample with Yersinia pestis at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute and contracting pneumonic plague. Her laboratory was a Biosafety Level 3 lab
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) October 5, 2026
世衛數據顯示,2010至2015年,全球共通報3,200宗鼠疫感染,其中580多人死亡。