Maria Van Kerkhove

We do not know exactly how this person died. We know that they were suffering from pneumonia. We know it was a fatal case. We understand that some laboratory tests were performed. The causal agent has not been identified. That is why we need more information. "We do not know exactly how this person died," said Maria Van Kerkhove, the director of the department of epidemic and pandemic management, at a press conference held on Wednesday. #Rusia #epidemie #transparență (translated)

We do not know exactly how this person died. We know they had pneumonia. We know it was a fatal case. We understand that some laboratory tests were conducted, but the causal agent has not been identified. That is why we need more information, said Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO's lead on managing epidemics and pandemics. #Rusia #ciuma #OMS (translated)

If pneumonic plague is ruled out, then what did she actually die from? Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic management at WHO, admitted that the organization still does not know how Shchipilova was infected or what disease she had. #dżuma #zdrowiepubliczne #WHO (translated)

"Then why did she actually die?" The WHO still does not know how Daria Shipilova from the Scientific Research Institute for Plague Control in Irkutsk, Siberia, and the Far East became infected, or with which specific viral disease, said Maria Van Kerkhove, the director of the department for epidemic and pandemic control within the organization. #ciumă #OMS #Siberia (translated)

The information requested by the WHO includes, among other things, what type of tests were conducted on the woman and about 200 others, what material the woman had worked with, what safety precautions were in place at the institute, and whether and how she was vaccinated, said WHO specialist Maria van Kerkhove. #Lungenpest #Russland #WHO (translated)

The WHO requested details, including information about which tests were conducted on the deceased and about another 200 people, what specific materials were used, what safety measures were in place, and whether she had been vaccinated and, if so, against which diseases, said WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove. #Sibir #WHO #kuga (translated)

The WHO has requested details, including information on what tests were conducted on the deceased and about 200 other people, what exact materials were used, what safety measures were in place, and whether she was vaccinated and, if so, against what diseases, said WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove. #Rusija #WHO #upalaPluća (translated)

The WHO requested details, including information about which tests were conducted on the deceased and on around 200 other people, which exact materials were used, what safety measures were in place, and whether she was vaccinated and, if so, against which diseases, said WHO expert Maria Van Kerkhove. #kuga #Sibir #WHO (translated)

The WHO requested detailed information, including what studies were conducted on the woman and about 200 other people, what specific substances she worked with, what safety measures were implemented at the institute, and whether she was vaccinated, and if so, against what diseases, said WHO specialist Maria Van Kerkhove. #PSO #Rusija #plaučiųuždegimas (translated)

"[Russia] informed us that none of the contacts showed symptoms," said Maria Van Kerkhove, director of the WHO's epidemiology department, at a press conference in Geneva this Wednesday, emphasizing that the institution continues to seek "more information" about what may have caused the death of the Russian employee. #Rússia #Peste #OMS (translated)