US issues formal complaint to Russia over response to suspected death related to plague lab

• MS NOW reported a formal complaint by the United States to Russia over a laboratory worker's reported death.^{1 2}
  • MS NOW said the complaint concerned Russia's lack of communication about the reported death.¹
  • Russian media (🇷🇺) reported that a 28-year-old laboratory worker was hospitalised on Sept. 29 with pneumonia of unknown cause.¹
  • Russian media (🇷🇺) reported that Daria Shipilova died in a hospital in a nearby town on Oct. 2.¹
• Confirmed A State Department (🇺🇸) spokesperson said the United States had officially requested additional information from the Russian government (🇷🇺).¹
• Confirmed A State Department (🇺🇸) official said US officials had contacted the Russian government (🇷🇺) since Friday.¹
  • Confirmed A State Department (🇺🇸) official said contacts included communications between State health experts and the Russian Foreign Ministry (🇷🇺).¹
• Confirmed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (🇪🇹) said Russian health authorities (🇷🇺) reported no plague case had been detected in the Irkutsk region.¹

The reports (3)

• United States Demands Answers On Russian Researcher’s Plague DeathKNST AM 790 (🇺🇸) · 7 Oct, 00:00
• U.S. lobs formal complaint at Russia over possible plague deathMS NOW · 7 Oct, 17:27
• US issues formal complaint to Russia over response to suspected death related to plague labkxel.com (🇺🇸) · 7 Oct, 17:30