Rospotrebnadzor says lab worker had pneumonia of unknown aetiology (🇷🇺)

Drew a response: WHO requests Russian details and offers technical support; Drew a response: Russia's regulators tell WHO no plague pathogens were detected

• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said the laboratory worker was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown aetiology". per Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺), via CNN (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹ 1

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