Russia quarantines dozens; WHO sees low risk to public (🇷🇺)

• Authorities quarantined dozens of people after the laboratory worker's death. via Reuters (🇬🇧)¹ 1
  • Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) head flew to the Irkutsk region. per the outlets, naming no source, via Reuters (🇬🇧) Read with skepticism: unnamed source¹ 1
• Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said the public health risk to the general population appears to be low. per World Health Organization (🇺🇳) Read with skepticism: no evidence shown¹ 1
  • Confirmed WHO (🇺🇳) said new risk assessments would be conducted once more information became known. per World Health Organization (🇺🇳)¹ 1
• Russian (🇷🇺) authorities said on Monday the situation was under control. per an unnamed official Read with skepticism: unnamed source, no evidence shown¹ 1
• Donald Trump (🇺🇸) said the death was a "big problem for Russia". per Donald Trump (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: political interest, opinion, not a finding¹ 1
• In the Irkutsk plague outbreak, local media gave Daria Shipilova's age as 28 and her employer as the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute. per local media (🇷🇺), via Reuters (🇬🇧)¹ 1
• Reports on how and where Daria Shipilova fell ill conflicted. per the outlets, naming no source, via Reuters (🇬🇧)¹ 1
• Authorities said Daria Shipilova died of pneumonia of as-yet unestablished origin. per an unnamed official, via Reuters (🇬🇧) Read with skepticism: unnamed source
• Reuters said plague cases occur every year in other parts of the world, notably Africa. per the outlets, naming no source, via Reuters (🇬🇧)¹ 1

The reports (1)

• Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker diesThe Sacramento Bee (🇺🇸) · 14 Oct, 18:33