Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan Tighten Border Controls Over Russia Plague Fears
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan have strengthened health and sanitary controls following reports of a possible pneumonic plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk region. The precautionary measures were introduced after the death of a 28-year-old employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia. Russian authorities have said she died from pneumonia of undetermined origin and have…
