Russia remains silent about a death at a plague institute. “The whole world is waiting for an answer”

• Confirmed Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (🇪🇹) said the WHO (🇺🇳) could not complete a risk assessment without more information. via POLITICO³
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said it requested information from Russia on 3 October and received a response on 6 October. via POLITICO
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) requested laboratory results and details of a possible incident at the institute.³ 1
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) sought an explanation for health surveillance of nearly 200 contacts.³ 1
• Confirmed European Commission (🇪🇺) health spokesperson Eva Hrncirova said Russia should release plague information promptly. via POLITICO Read with skepticism: political interest
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said thousands of laboratory tests found no dangerous infectious agents among contacts. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown
• Claimed Local media alleged that the laboratory worker broke a tube containing plague bacteria and concealed the incident. per social media Read with skepticism: unverified post, too early to know

The reports (5)

• Pneumonic plague in Russia: Secrecy over a possible case revives Soviet-era practicesInfobae · Spanish · 9 Oct, 05:51
• Secrecy in Russia over a possible case of pneumonic plague that follows a Soviet patternlistindiario.com · Spanish · 8 Oct, 23:16
• Russia remains silent about a death at a plague institute. “The whole world is waiting for an answer”Indexhr (🇭🇷) · Croatian · 9 Oct, 05:54
• A striking detail in the plague claim: “I know the truth!” | Did they kill him deliberately? What happened?hurriyet.com.tr (🇹🇷) · Turkish · 9 Oct, 04:09
• Questions mount over possible Russia plague death bdqqxgy.makeup/8IBvUHbdqqxgy.makeup · 9 Oct, 08:01