The province’s top doctor says she’s watching the unfolding situation in Russia following the death of a woman who worked in a lab that handled diseases like plague.

Initial reports suggested that the woman died of pneumonic plague, but the World Health Organization says Russian officials have identified her cause of death as pneumonia of unknown origin.

Dr. Janice Fitzgerald says she’s been taking advice from the WHO and the Canadian Public Health Agency.

“We’ve been watching it, just keeping an eye on it. Obviously, there are lots of mechanisms in place to be able to monitor those sorts of things with the WHO and the Public Health Agency of Canada,” she told reporters.

“What we know right now is that the risk is likely quite low for the general population. We’re always keeping an eye on anything we hear about the plague, but at the moment, there doesn’t seem to be any imminent danger.”