The worker’s mother disputes the broken-test-tube account

• Local media accounts suggested Daria Shipilova contracted pneumonic plague after laboratory exposure. per Local media (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: unnamed source, opinion, not a finding¹ 1
  • Claimed Pavel Stepanov claimed Daria Shipilova concealed a test-tube break.
• Claimed Svetlana Daria Shipilova disputed reports that a broken test tube infected Daria Shipilova. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown, unnamed source¹ 1 disputed
  • Claimed Svetlana Daria Shipilova said laboratory test tubes could not break or spill their contents. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown, contradicted¹ 1 disputed
  • Claimed Svetlana Daria Shipilova said unnamed people let Daria Shipilova die. Read with skepticism: too early to know, contradicted¹ 1 disputed
• Daria Shipilova died early on October 2 after hospital admission in Shelekhov. per the outlets, naming no source Read with skepticism: contradicted¹ 1 disputed
  • Daria Shipilova was a 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Siberian anti-plague research institute (🇷🇺) in Irkutsk. per the outlets, naming no source¹ 1
  • Local officials attributed Daria Shipilova's death to plague in deleted posts. per an unnamed official Read with skepticism: unnamed source, too early to know¹ 1
• Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) demanded that Russia answer questions about reports of a second, unconfirmed plague case in Siberia. per WHO (🇺🇳)¹ 1
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) sought more information about Daria Shipilova's death. per WHO (🇺🇳)¹ 1
• Denied The Kremlin (🇷🇺) denied imposing anti-plague measures. per The Kremlin (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment, judges its own conduct¹ 1 disputed
  • Denied The Kremlin (🇷🇺) dismissed reports of a plague leak. per The Kremlin (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown¹ 1

The reports (6)

• Russia plague did not escape from test tube, says dead scientist’s motherThe Sydney Morning Herald (🇦🇺) · 8 Oct, 08:11
• Plague lab worker’s mother accuses Russian officials of ‘letting her daughter die’Yahoo News UK (🇺🇸) · 7 Oct, 15:46
• “They let my daughter die”: Mother’s accusation after a Russian researcher died in a plague laboratoryAthensVoice (🇬🇷) · Greek · 7 Oct, 00:00
• Daria Shipilova's Death: Grieving Mother States Authorities 'Let Her Daughter Die' in Suspected Plague CaseInternational Business Times UK (🇬🇧) · 7 Oct, 13:15
• Plague in Russia: Daria Shipilova’s mother accuses the authorities and demands explanations after the story about the plague test tube — WorldТСН.ua (🇺🇦) · Ukrainian · 8 Oct, 07:59
• Family of Russian plague lab worker who died say they ‘know the truth’The Independent (🇬🇧) · 7 Oct, 17:03