Russian plague scare: Dead scientist may have to be buried in metal coffin with disinfectant-soaked material

• Daria Shipilova may have to be buried in a metal coffin with disinfectant-soaked material.¹
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said Daria Shipilova was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown etiology.¹
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said the cause of Daria Shipilova's pneumonia had not been established.¹
• Russian authorities had not confirmed that plague caused Daria Shipilova's death. Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹
• Confirmed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (🇪🇹) said Russian health authorities (🇷🇺) reported no recent plague case in Irkutsk oblast.¹
• Authorities quarantined a hospital and monitored people who had contact with Daria Shipilova.¹
  • Confirmed Russian authorities said identified contacts were tested and placed under medical observation.¹
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said no high-threat pathogens were detected among Daria Shipilova's contacts.¹
• Claimed Dr Svetlana said Daria Shipilova's body had not been buried and no funeral date had been set.¹

The reports (2)

• Russian plague scare: Dead scientist may have to be buried in metal coffin with disinfectant-soaked materialThe Economic Times (🇮🇳) · 7 Oct, 16:45
• IT’S PLAGUE TIME IN RUSSIA! One Dead, 200 Quarantined by the FSB in Irkutskyoutu.be (🇧🇪) · 7 Oct, 19:04