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今日焦点:我们需要担心鼠疫爆发吗?Today in Focus: should we be worried about a plague outbreak?

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在西伯利亚的一处鼠疫研究中心发生事故后,28岁的实验室工作人员达莉亚·希皮洛娃在工作时突然发病并去世。自那以后,俄罗斯东部多家医院实施了隔离措施。

Quarantine measures have been in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia since a 28-year-old laboratory worker, Darya Shipilova, died after falling ill at work following a reported accident at a plague research centre in Siberia.

俄罗斯卫生监管部门称她死于“病因不明的肺炎”,但外界普遍怀疑她可能感染了鼠疫。

Russia’s health watchdog has said she died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but there is speculation about a possible plague infection.

《科学周刊》联合主持人玛德琳·芬利在《今日焦点》节目中,向主持人露西·霍夫说明了我们究竟该对此有多担忧。

Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay tells Today in Focus the Latest’s Lucy Hough how concerned we should be