EU urges Russia to be transparent as plague fears grow after Siberian lab death

• A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute (🇷🇺) died after developing severe pneumonia.¹ 1
  • Daria Shipilova, a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died on 2 October after developing severe pneumonia.¹ 1
• Denied Russian authorities denied that Daria Shipilova had plague. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown¹ 1
  • Russian authorities said Daria Shipilova's cause of death was pneumonia of unknown origin. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, unnamed source¹ 1
  • Russian authorities said tests had found no plague or other dangerous pathogen among Daria Shipilova's contacts. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown¹ 1
  • Russian authorities said there was no risk of an epidemic. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown¹ 1
• Confirmed The European Commission (🇪🇺) called on Russia for timely and transparent reporting. per The European Commission (🇪🇺)¹ 1
  • Confirmed Eva Hrnčířová said the European Commission (🇪🇺) was consulting the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (🇪🇺). per Commission spokesperson¹ 1
• Around 200 people who contacted Daria Shipilova were placed under medical observation. per the outlets, naming no source¹ 1
  • More than 60 institute colleagues were reportedly isolated. per unnamed sources Read with skepticism: unnamed source¹ 1
  • Amid plague fears in Russia after a Siberian lab death, the hospital where Daria Shipilova was treated was placed under quarantine. per the outlets, naming no source¹ 1
• Confirmed The ECDC (🇪🇺) assessed the risk to the EU (🇪🇺) as very low. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown¹ 1
  • Confirmed The ECDC (🇪🇺) said there was no evidence of secondary cases or sustained human-to-human transmission. per ECDC (🇪🇺) Read with skepticism: no evidence shown¹ 1
• The World Health Organization (🇺🇳) sought additional information from Moscow.¹ 1

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• EU urges Russia to be transparent as plague fears grow after Siberian lab deathEU Perspetives · 8 Oct, 05:00