WHO advises against travel curbs over Irkutsk lab worker's death (🇺🇳)

• WHO (🇺🇳) said health surveillance of the laboratory worker's contacts had ended. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown
• WHO (🇺🇳) said it found no evidence that the infection had spread further. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown
• WHO (🇺🇳) said it has no confirmed diagnosis and cannot fully rule out a link to the laboratory.¹
  • WHO (🇺🇳) said there was no confirmed evidence of a laboratory accident. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown
• WHO (🇺🇳) does not recommend travel or trade restrictions because of the event.

The reports (2)

• Death of young lab technician in Siberia raises fears of plague. WHO still searching for causedenik.cz (🇨🇿) · Czech · 20 Oct, 06:30
• The World Health Organization has asked the Russian government to share detailed information after a 28‑year‑old laboratory employee in Irkutsk died from an unk...6ic.com · 20 Oct, 22:12