No Immediate Risk to India, Says Kerala Medical Body Expert Amid Pneumonic Plague Scare in Russia
Indian experts said pneumonic plague is treatable with prompt antibiotics and spreads mainly through close respiratory contact, not casual exposure.
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Unlike bubonic, which is rarely transmitted from person to person, pneumonics can be transmitted directly between humans.
Pneumonic plague case in Russia raises questions: How it spreads and what Indians should know
Pneumonic plague is a serious bacterial lung infection caused by Yersinia pestis that can spread through respiratory droplets during close contact and may progress rapidly, causing fever, cough, chest pain and breathing difficulty. Experts Dr Amit Saraf and Dr Samir Garde explained that unlike Covid-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus and can spread more efficiently through respiratory particles, pneumonic plague generally requires close…
In the case of the detection of plague in Russia, we are talking about a possible case of a pulmonary form that is transmitted by drip and has a short incubation period, but there is currently no official laboratory confirmation.
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