Published Date: 2011-11-04 17:10:27
Subject: Foreign epidobozrenie - plague, pneumonic form, suspicion (Libya)
Archive Number: 20111104.136683
Foreign epidobozrenie - plague, pneumonic form, suspicion (Libya)
***********************************************
Date: November 4, 2011
From: ProMED-mail correspondent BM
Source: Agency: "Independent Military Review", November 3, 2011 (abridged) [Mod.NP]
Information resource UAINFO reported that in Libya is rapidly spreading pneumonic form of plague.
-------------------------------------------------- -----------------------
Information resource UAINFO reported that in Libya is rapidly spreading pneumonic form of plague. The first deaths of pneumonic plague reported in the port city of Tobruk, which is located on the rebel-held east of the country. The exact cause of mass infection is not yet established, but the chances of NATO bacteriological weapons [This my be a translation error interchanging the subject and object of the sentence. - alert]. Not surprisingly, the disease spreads in just those areas that have undergone intense bombardment. We also learned that in Libya NATO military used banned chemical bombs.
The message of Ukrainian doctors working in Libya, said: "Last week, recorded seven deaths and more than 23 cases of infection with plague. Particularly dangerous infections in the past few days has spread that cost the lives of 10 other citizens. While they can not find the exact cause of the spread of plague. Without treatment the infection can lead to death within one to six days, mortality in the absence of treatment is virtually 100%. " Found in Libya, Ukrainian and Russian doctors are alarmed infected with pneumonic plague, people can not receive adequate medical care, as insurgents have turned to the hospital clinic for mercenaries were wounded in the fighting
[Comment Mod.NP.V date information on the distribution of pneumonic plague in Libya contained in only one Internet source, the duplication of information, other information sources, or any official announcement to confirm or refute this information could not be found. In the case of the reliability of the information, this event will provide an emergency public health emergency of international concern (IHR 2005), but, meanwhile, Libya is not a member state of the IHR
- Mod.NP]
Comment