世界卫生组织（WHO）周二表示，正在“密切关注”俄罗斯伊尔库茨克州一名实验室工作人员的死亡事件，据报道该死亡可能由肺鼠疫引起。
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday it is "following closely" the death of a laboratory worker in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast amid reports that pneumonic plague may have caused her death.
世卫组织发言人克里斯蒂安·林德迈尔在日内瓦的简报会上表示，该女子于10月2日死于重症肺炎，但死亡原因尚未得到官方确认。
WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told a briefing in Geneva that the woman died from severe pneumonia on Oct. 2, but no cause of death has been officially confirmed.
林德迈尔表示，俄罗斯当局已回应世卫组织的信息请求，更新了早前莫斯科尚未通过《国际卫生条例》（IHR）渠道正式回复的声明。
Lindmeier said Russian authorities had responded to the WHO's request for information, updating an earlier statement that Moscow had not yet formally replied through International Health Regulations (IHR) channels.
根据俄罗斯当局提供的信息，在西伯利亚和远东伊尔库茨克抗鼠疫科学研究所一名员工被确诊为社区获得性肺炎后，已开展流行病学调查。
According to information provided by Russian authorities, an epidemiological investigation was conducted after a case of community-acquired pneumonia was identified in an employee of the Irkutsk Scientific Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
“该疾病最初表现为典型的急性呼吸道病毒感染，”林德迈尔念着俄罗斯的回复说道。
"The illness initially presented as a typical acute respiratory viral infection," Lindmeier said, reading from the Russian response.
他补充道：“根据检测结果，在所有接触者中均未检测到危险传染病病原体。”世卫组织于10月3日联系俄罗斯当局寻求信息并提供支持。
"According to the test results, no pathogens of dangerous infectious diseases were detected among any of the contacts," he added. The WHO had contacted Russian authorities on Oct. 3 seeking information and offered support.
林德迈尔表示：“基于现有的非官方信息，对普通人群的公共卫生风险似乎较低。”
"Based on unofficial information available, the public health risk to the general population appears to be low," Lindmeier said.
其初步评估将伊尔库茨克的风险定为“中等偏低”，俄罗斯整体为“低”，世卫组织欧洲区为“极低”。
Its initial assessment put the risk at "moderate to low" for Irkutsk, "low" for Russia overall and "very low" for the WHO European region.