CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death, director says
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CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death, director says
Oct 7 (Reuters) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Erica Schwartz said on Wednesday the risk to the US from an unconfirmed pneumonic plague case in Siberia was extremely low, but the agency was prepared to monitor and screen travel...
"We are working with the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State, the Department of Defense and other government agencies to make sure we know exactly if someone from that area enters the U.S.," Schwartz said, according to Reuters. According to her, about 200 flights arrive in the USA from Siberia annually, despite the fact that direct flights between Russia and the USA have been suspended since the beginning of the war in Ukrai…
Erica Schwartz, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said on Wednesday (October 7) that an unconfirmed case of pneumonic plague in Siberia poses a very low risk to the United States, but the CDC is prepared to monitor and screen travelers in the area.
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