Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak? – podcast
Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay tells Lucy Hough, the host of Today in Focus: The Latest, how concerned we should be.
The Guardian reports: Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay tells Lucy Hough, the host of Today in Focus: The Latest, how concerned we should be.
Several hospitals in eastern Russia are under quarantine after a lab worker fell ill at a plague research centre following a reported accident and died. Russia’s health watchdog has said Darya Shipilova, 28, died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but there is speculation about a possible plague infection.
This science story centres on Russia. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Focus, Darya Shipilova and Science Weekly.
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- Focus, Darya Shipilova, Science Weekly, Madeleine Finlay
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