Today in Focus: should we be worried about a plague outbreak?

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. Russia’s health watchdog has said she died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but there is speculation about a possible plague infection. Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay tells Today in Focus the Latest’s Lucy Hough how concerned we should be. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod