官方表示，英国民众感染鼠疫的风险极低。目前俄罗斯仍在对一名因鼠疫死亡的女子的情况展开调查。
The risk to people in the UK from plague is very low, officials have said, as Russia continues to study the death of a woman linked to the disease.
英国卫生安全局称，他们正在进一步了解这起俄罗斯病例的相关信息，同时向公众保证疫情扩散的可能性微乎其微。
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said it was seeking further information on the Russian case but reassured the public about possible spread.
俄罗斯当局称，他们已对一家医院实施隔离措施，并正在对西伯利亚某鼠疫研究所一名患病员工的密切接触者进行监测。该员工因“不明原因”患上肺炎。
Russian authorities say they have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring contacts of an employee from a plague research institute in Siberia who contracted pneumonia from an “unknown” cause.
目前尚无证据表明该员工的病症是由其工作中接触的病原体所致，但有媒体报道称她可能死于肺鼠疫。
They say they have found no evidence her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with, but media reports suggest she may have died of pneumonic plague.
这名女子供职于位于西伯利亚东南部伊尔库茨克的西伯利亚及远东地区抗鼠疫研究所。
The woman worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East in Irkutsk, south-eastern Siberia.
鼠疫通常由小型哺乳动物及其身上的跳蚤传播。英国境内目前已无鼠疫病例，但非洲、亚洲和美洲的多个国家仍存在该疾病。
Plague is a disease usually found in small mammals and their fleas. It is no longer found in the UK, but occurs in several countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas.
鼠疫一般通过受感染的动物或跳蚤传播给人类，患者咳嗽或打喷嚏也可能造成传播，不过这种情况通常需要与肺鼠疫患者有密切且直接的接触才会发生。
The disease is usually transmitted to humans from infected animals or fleas, but people can pass it on from coughing and sneezing. Usually, this requires direct and close contact with the person with pneumonic plague.
若不及时治疗，鼠疫可迅速致人死亡，但只要及早发现并使用抗生素治疗，效果良好。
If plague is untreated, it can cause rapid death, but antibiotics can be effective if the disease is caught in time.
英国卫生安全局全球健康保护部门主任克里斯·刘易斯表示：“我们已注意到相关媒体报道，称俄罗斯伊尔库茨克地区在一名抗鼠疫研究所员工死亡后采取了紧急防控措施。我们正通过《国际卫生条例》相关渠道收集信息，以进一步核实情况与报道的真实性。目前，鼠疫对英国广大民众构成的公共卫生风险依然极低。”美国总统唐纳德·特朗普也表示，美国正在“高度重视”此事件。
Chris Lewis, director of global health protection at the UKHSA, said: “We are aware of media reports that emergency containment measures have been introduced in Russia’s Irkutsk region following the death of an employee at the Irkutsk anti-plague institute. “We are seeking information through the International Health Regulations channels to further understand the circumstances and verify the accuracy of these reports. “The public health risk from plague to the wider UK population currently remains very low.”President Donald Trump has said the US is looking “very strongly” at the case.