据当地媒体报道，俄罗斯西伯利亚东部伊尔库茨克地区近200人因疑似接触鼠疫而被置于医疗观察之下。
Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.
报道称，伊尔库茨克一家抗鼠疫研究所的一名员工患病后，189人正在接受监测。邻近的布里亚特共和国负责人阿列克谢·齐德诺夫表示，该女子死于一种未指明的鼠疫类型。
The report said 189 people were being monitored following the illness of an employee at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk. Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby Republic of Buryatia, the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.
俄罗斯公共卫生监管机构Rospotrebnadzor周日表示，该员工被诊断为“病因不明的肺炎”，伊尔库茨克地区以及伊尔库茨克市和谢列霍夫市的卫生流行病学局势保持稳定。该机构表示，扩大范围的检测未发现与该员工工作相关的微生物。
Russia's public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor Sunday that the employee had been diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown etiology" and that the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region and the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov remained stable. The agency said expanded testing had not detected microorganisms linked to the employee's work.
此前，当地媒体周五报道称，一名27岁的抗鼠疫研究所员工在从布里亚特共和国出差返回后，疑似患上肺鼠疫而发病。布里亚特共和国靠近蒙古边境地区曾报告有疫情爆发，此消息援引自俄罗斯Telegram频道Mash。
The update follows local media reports on Friday that a 27-year-old employee at an anti-plague institute had fallen ill with suspected pneumonic plague after returning from a work trip to Buryatia, where an outbreak had been reported near the border with Mongolia, citing Russian Telegram channel Mash.
据Axios周日报道，援引特朗普政府官员的话称，白宫正在监测俄罗斯疑似病例及相关隔离措施的报告。该官员表示，政府“知情，正在监测疫情，并评估应对选项”。
The White House is monitoring reports of the suspected case and related quarantines in Russia, Axios reported Sunday, citing a Trump administration official. The official said the administration was "aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options," the report said.
俄罗斯卫生部、莫斯科卫生部、世界卫生组织和美国国务院未立即回应CNBC的置评请求。
The Russian and Moscow ministries of health, the World Health Organization and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to CNBC's requests for comment.