俄罗斯公共卫生监管机构否认疑似鼠疫病例中出现二次感染情况。在全球对疑似肺鼠疫的担忧日益加剧之际，俄罗斯公共卫生监管机构出面澄清：在西伯利亚去世的一名实验室工作人员并未将病菌传染给其他人。
Russia's public health watchdog denies second infection in suspected plague case Russia’s public health watchdog has denied that a lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague Rospotrebnadzor has said that the lab worker at a plague research institute in Irkutsk in southeastern Siberia died of pneumonia of unknown origin. In tersely worded statements, it said that “extensive” testing found no evidence her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with, and it informed the World Health Organization that no case of plague has beened in the Irkutsk region.
俄罗斯消费者权益保护和公益监督局称，这名在东西伯利亚伊尔库茨克市一家鼠疫研究所工作的人员死于病因不明的肺炎。该机构发布的简短声明指出，经过“大规模”检测后并未发现其患病与所接触的任何病原体有关，同时也已向世界卫生组织通报：伊尔库茨克地区并未出现任何鼠疫病例。
In Thursday’s statement, Rospotrebnadzor rejected reports about a second person falling ill after coming into contact with the lab worker as fake. It didn’t offer any new information about the lab worker’s illness and death or reasons behind the sprawling emergency measures in the region.
在周四发布的声明中，该机构否认了有关另一名人员因接触该实验室工作人员而患病的传闻，称其为虚假信息。不过，声明并未就该工作人员的患病及死亡原因，以及当地为何采取如此大规模应急措施作出进一步说明。
On Wednesday, Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO director of Epidemic and Pandemic Management, said the U.N. health agency doesn’t know what caused the woman’s Oct. 2 death, which unconfirmed reports in Russia blamed on pneumonic plague — a severe form of plague that can spread from person to person. She urged Russia to provide more information about the case.
周三，世界卫生组织流行病与大流行病管理司司长玛丽亚·范克尔霍夫表示，世卫组织尚不清楚这名女子于10月2日死亡的具体原因；俄罗斯方面虽有未经证实的报道称其死于肺鼠疫——这种鼠疫类型可通过人际传播。她敦促俄罗斯方面提供更多关于该病例的信息。
Van Kerkhove's comments suggested the U.N. health agency has more questions than answers about the situation at the lab, which focuses on plague and was founded about a century ago to study the disease in Siberia, where it occurs naturally in wild animals.
范克尔霍夫的表态反映出，这家致力于鼠疫研究的机构目前仍让世卫组织存在诸多疑问。该研究所创立于约一个世纪前，旨在研究鼠疫在野生动物中的传播情况，而西伯利亚正是鼠疫的自然疫源地。
WHO said it has requested further information to clarify the cause of the severe pneumonia, the pathogen that prompted the public health measures and media reports that a second employee had pneumonia of undetermined cause.
世卫组织表示，他们已要求俄方提供更多信息，以查明该女子患重症肺炎的具体病因、引发公共卫生措施及“第二名员工患病因不明肺炎”报道的病原体究竟为何。
Rospotrebnadzor said Wednesday that it has conducted the “whole range of anti-epidemic measures in connection with the professional activities of the person who fell ill," noting that she had been “vaccinated and had immunity to dangerous infections.”The agency also said that a probe into observation of biological safety norms at the institute found “no emergencies in dealing with pathogens” and confirmed that all safety measures had been duly observed.
俄罗斯消费者权益保护局周三表示，已针对这名患病人员的职业活动采取了“一系列防疫措施”，并指出她“已接种疫苗，对各类危险传染病具备免疫力”。该机构还称，对研究所生物安全规范执行情况的调查显示，“在处理病原体方面并未出现任何异常情况”，所有安全措施均得到了妥善落实。这起事件的信息一直被俄罗斯当局严格保密，外界对此知之甚少。
Russian authorities have kept a tight lid on information about the case, which has been surrounded by secrecy.
俄罗斯国家电视台及其他国有媒体大多对此事避而不谈。部分新闻机构甚至撤下了此前发布的有关该事件的报道。
Russian state TV and other national state-controlled media have largely steered clear of the subject. Some news outlets withdrew earlier reports about the case.