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Severe lung infection
Pneumonic plague is a severe lung infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, headache, shortness of breath, chest pain, coughing, and coughing up blood. They typically start about three to seven days after exposure. It is one of three forms of plague, the other two being septicemic plague and bubonic plague.
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The U.S. Embassy in Russia has issued an emergency message urging American citizens to “depart immediately” amid reports of a possible plague outbreak in the…
US Embassy Russia travel alert urges Americans to leave as authorities monitor a suspected pneumonic plague case in Siberia.
SRINAGAR: The US Embassy in Moscow has issued a health alert following reports of a suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk region, where a person has died and quarantine measures have reportedly been introduced at hospitals. Follow Us On G-Ne w s | Whatsapp The embassy said it was closely monitoring…