Russian officials report negative tests among worker’s contacts

• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said preventive measures for everyone who contacted the deceased laboratory worker had ended.¹
  • About 200 people who had contact with Daria Shipilova were medically monitored.¹
  • Roughly 200 people were initially quarantined during the investigation.²
• Denied Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) denied reports of a second plague case. Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹
• Confirmed Russian authorities said tests found no dangerous pathogens. Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹
• The cause of the 28-year-old laboratory worker's illness and death remained unknown.¹
• WHO (🇺🇳) continued to request additional information from Russia about Daria Shipilova's death.¹

The reports (8)

• Russia says no plague cases found after scientist's deathYahoo News (🇺🇸) · 7 Oct, 14:03
• Russia announces that no plague cases have been detected after a scientist’s deathshorouknews.com · Arabic · 7 Oct, 16:45
• Russia says plague researcher diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown cause; expanded testing found no related pathogenic microorganisms_新闻频道_中华网news.china.com · Chinese · 7 Oct, 14:30
• Russia: Preventive measures for those who had contact with the deceased plague laboratory worker have been completedrynekzdrowia.pl (🇵🇱) · Polish · 8 Oct, 12:57
• Death of an employee at a plague research institute; Russian public health authorities: “No health problems have been confirmed among the contacts”ヨミドクター(読売新聞) (🇯🇵) · Japanese · 8 Oct, 12:04
• Russia says no plague found in contacts of Siberian lab worker who diedNBC News (🇺🇸) · 7 Oct, 13:35
• Roughly 200 people were initially quarantined as authorities investigated the death.kxan.com (🇺🇸) · 8 Oct, 13:45
• ☣️ Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberi...AFP News Agency on Bluesky · 8 Oct, 15:03