Russian officials say post-mortem tests found no plague in worker (🇷🇺)

• Russian (🇷🇺) officials said post-mortem tests did not detect plague in Daria Shipilova's body. per an unnamed official Read with skepticism: unnamed source, no evidence shown¹ 1
• Russian (🇷🇺) officials said no special measures were in place in Irkutsk over the death. per an unnamed official Read with skepticism: unnamed source, judges its own conduct¹ 1 disputed
• Several Russian media outlets (🇷🇺) reported that dozens of people had been quarantined. per Russian media outlets (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹ 1
• Claimed People of Baikal (🇷🇺) reported on 2 October that the laboratory technician may have contracted plague from a broken test tube. per People of Baikal (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: unnamed source¹ 1
  • Claimed Other media reported a possible link between the death and a lab accident at the facility. Read with skepticism: unnamed source, opinion, not a finding¹ 1
• Claimed An unnamed man in Irkutsk said he did not think Daria Shipilova in the Irkutsk regional plague outbreak had actually died of plague. per unnamed sources Read with skepticism: unnamed source, opinion, not a finding¹ 1 disputed
• An unnamed Irkutsk man told AFP (🇫🇷) that nobody seemed to care about the reports. per unnamed sources Read with skepticism: unnamed source, opinion, not a finding¹ 1
• Donald Trump (🇺🇸) said on 6 October he was due to speak shortly with Vladimir Putin (🇷🇺) about the reports. per Donald Trump (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: political interest, contradicted¹ 1 disputed

The reports (1)

• ‘Nobody seems to care’: Russian city shrugs off plague reportsThe Straits Times (🇸🇬) · 6 Oct, 22:55