WHO rates risk low; Russia denies accident reports, investigates death (🇺🇳)

• Confirmed Marco Rubio (🇺🇸) called on Russia to share more information about the laboratory worker's death and associated risks. per Marco Rubio (🇺🇸)¹ 1
  • Confirmed Marco Rubio (🇺🇸) made the call in Reykjavik on Tuesday. per Marco Rubio (🇺🇸)¹ 1
• Denied Russia's national health agency (🇷🇺) denied reports that the worker might have died of plague after a laboratory accident. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, judges its own conduct¹ 1 disputed
  • Local officials had reported that the worker might have died of plague after a laboratory accident. Read with skepticism: unnamed source, opinion, not a finding¹ 1
• Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) estimated moderate-to-low risk in Irkutsk, low in Russia and very low in the WHO European region. via WHO (🇺🇳)¹ 1
• Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said Russian authorities identified all the laboratory worker's contacts before the laboratory worker died.¹ 1
• Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said Russian authorities were investigating whether pneumonic plague caused the laboratory worker's death.
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said the laboratory worker's illness first presented as a typical acute respiratory viral infection.¹ 1
• Confirmed Christian Lindmeier confirmed plague occurred naturally among wild animal populations near the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute (🇷🇺). via WHO (🇺🇳)¹ 1

The reports (1)

• Rubio calls on Russia to be more open about plague lab worker's deathReplaye · 6 Oct, 00:00