US lawmakers call for travel restrictions over Irkutsk plague case (🇺🇸)

• Some US political figures called for sweeping travel restrictions involving Russia.¹ 1
• No new US travel restrictions had been announced. per the outlets, naming no source¹ 1
• There are no direct commercial flights between the US and Russia. per the outlets, naming no source¹ 1
• Claimed Representative Don Bacon said Russia is the one with biological laboratories. per Representative Don Bacon¹ 1
• Most outlets repeat the version that Daria Shipilova was infected through a broken test tube.¹ 1
• 189 people were isolated after the case, according to UNITED24 Media citing The Sun (🇬🇧). per The Sun (🇬🇧), via UNITED24 Media¹ 1
  • 114 people were isolated in one hospital. per The Sun (🇬🇧), via UNITED24 Media¹ 1
  • 63 people were isolated in a second hospital. per The Sun (🇬🇧), via UNITED24 Media¹ 1
  • 12 people were isolated at the institute. per The Sun (🇬🇧), via UNITED24 Media¹ 1
• Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev said the contacts' lab tests were negative. per Igor Kobzev Read with skepticism: contradicted disputed
• Police reportedly opened a criminal case over possible health safety violations linked to the death.

The reports (1)

• Plague Scare In Russia: US Tracks Suspected Case In Irkutsk As Calls For Travel Restrictions GrowTimes Now · 5 Oct, 05:15