Mint Explainer: What do we know about the suspected plague outbreak in Russia? | Today’s news

However, her death prompted swift precautionary measures, and authorities placed about 200 people who had been in contact with Shipilova under medical supervision. But Russia’s health watchdog said on Tuesday that nearly 5,000 laboratory tests had been carried out, no Plague was detected among her contacts and about 90% of those originally quarantined were released.