What changed in this update
A Russian agency links the lab worker's death to 'pneumonia of unknown' origin.
Event intelligence
Death of Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute lab worker Darya Shipilova
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Current state
Russian authorities continue to attribute Darya Shipilova's death to pneumonia of unknown aetiology and deny any plague cases, dismissing reports of a second suspected case as 'false information'. Quarantine and confinement measures for contacts and colleagues remain in place, while the WHO assesses epidemic risk as low and, together with Western governments, presses Moscow for more transparency.
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What changed
Reports emerged of a second suspected plague case that Russian authorities dismissed as false information, while the WHO joined Western governments in pressing Moscow for more transparency.
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Source reports
Sky News – World Sky
Russian lab worker 'dies of suspected plague' as 200 under observation
Al Jazeera
Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague in Siberia; US monitoring case
A Russian agency links the lab worker's death to 'pneumonia of unknown' origin.
