Kremlin directs public to health agency statements

Also reported as: Kremlin urges public to ignore outbreak rumours; In response to: Unverified claims about an official cover-up circulate

• Confirmed Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) urged people to rely on Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺)'s official statements, not rumours or speculation. per Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: political interest^{1 2 3 4 +6} 32
  • Confirmed Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) called Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) the leading competent authority in the field. per Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: political interest^{1 2 5 6} 22
  • Confirmed Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) said highly qualified professionals worked at Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺). per Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: political interest^{1 2 3 5 +1} 15
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) reported the case as pneumonia of undetermined cause. per Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment⁷ 2
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) said the sanitary and epidemiological situation in Irkutsk Region was stable. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown⁶ 1
• 189 contacts of Daria Shipilova were identified and hospitalised. per unnamed sources Read with skepticism: unnamed source⁶ 2
• Confirmed Igor Kobzev (🇷🇺) said Daria Shipilova's contacts showed no signs of illness. per Igor Kobzev (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown⁶ 1
• Confirmed Igor Kobzev (🇷🇺) said no microorganisms linked to Daria Shipilova's professional activity were found in Daria Shipilova's specimens. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown

The reports (36)

• Don't believe in idle gossip and hearsay: Kremlin on reports of plague in Irkutsk regionIANS News (🇮🇳) · 5 Oct, 12:31
• Kremlin spokesman comments on reports of plague. “Don't believe rumors”Wiadomości Onet (🇵🇱) · Polish · 5 Oct, 15:00
• Peskov urged people not to pay attention to rumors about “plague” in IrkutskТелеканал «Звезда» (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 14:30
• After reports of plague in Russia – the Kremlin's reaction15min.lt (🇱🇹) · Lithuanian · 5 Oct, 11:39
• The Kremlin’s first reaction after a huge plague outbreak erupted in Siberiamoldova-suverana.md (🇲🇩) · Romanian · 5 Oct, 14:45
• The Kremlin has urged Russians not to believe rumors of a plague outbreak in the Irkutsk regionUA.NEWS · 5 Oct, 12:50
• The Kremlin commented on reports of plague in Irkutsk RegionГоворит Москва (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 12:30
• Russia breaks silence on 'plague lab leak' as 14th-century disease forces lockdown - AOLAOL.com (🇬🇧) · 5 Oct, 13:43
• “Rumors and speculation.” The Kremlin’s first reaction after a huge plague outbreak erupted in SiberiaDigi24 (🇷🇴) · Romanian · 5 Oct, 11:55
• The Kremlin urged people not to believe “various rumors” about a plague outbreak in the Russian FederationKorrespondent.net · Russian · 5 Oct, 12:32
• Lurer.com | The Kremlin has commented on reports of plague in Russialurer.com · Armenian · 29 Sep, 19:59
• Researcher dies in Siberia, nearly 200 isolated – Kremlin seeks to reassureIltalehti_fi (🇫🇮) · Finnish · 5 Oct, 16:33
• The Kremlin urged Russians not to believe rumors about a plague outbreakTERAZ.sk (🇸🇰) · Slovak · 5 Oct, 14:25
• Did plague from a broken test tube kill a Russian scientist? Kremlin reassures RussiansNový Čas (🇸🇰) · Slovak · 5 Oct, 15:14
• The Kremlin comments on the alleged plague case in Siberiafocus-news.net · Bulgarian · 5 Oct, 10:40
• The Kremlin urged Russians not to believe “rumors” about a plague outbreak in Irkutsk RegionЗеркало.az (🇦🇿) · Russian · 5 Oct, 16:16
• Peskov urged people to trust Rospotrebnadzor, not rumors about “plague” in Irkutsk regionLife.ru (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 09:50
• Kremlin commented on reports of plague in RussiaLenta.RU (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 10:02
• People should trust Rospotrebnadzor, not rumors — Peskov on “plague” near Irkutskng.ru (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 13:30
• Panic over a plague outbreak in Russia: the Kremlin’s first statement has comeYeni Şafak · Turkish · 5 Oct, 13:01
• Kremlin calls for calm after US alert about a possible pneumonic plague outbreak in Siberia – Periódico Zócalo | News from Saltillo, Torreón, Piedras Negras, Monclova, AcuñaPeriódico Zócalo (🇲🇽) · Spanish · 5 Oct, 15:45
• After plague rumors: Now the Kremlin reactsB.T. (🇩🇰) · Danish · 5 Oct, 11:13
• Russia calls for calm after the U.S. alert about a possible plague outbreak in SiberiaRPP Noticias (🇵🇪) · Spanish · 5 Oct, 10:34
• EU issues alert over a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak... and Russia responds: “Don’t listen to the rumors” – El FinancieroEl Financiero (🇲🇽) · Spanish · 5 Oct, 15:04
• The Kremlin calls for calm after the US alert about a possible plague outbreak in SiberiaDiario de Navarra (🇪🇸) · Spanish · 5 Oct, 10:27
• Peskov, after reports about plague in Irkutsk: Russians are urged to rely on official dataNews.yam.md (🇲🇩) · Romanian · 5 Oct, 13:30
• The Kremlin urged people not to believe rumors about the “plague”Южный федеральный (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 13:54
• Kremlin calls for calm after U.S. warning about possible plague outbreak in SiberiaElsiglocomve (🇻🇪) · Spanish · 5 Oct, 14:39
• Kremlin tells Russians to ignore ‘rumors’ of a possible plague outbreak in Siberia. U.S. and EU officials say they’re monitoring the situation.Meduza (🇱🇻) · 5 Oct, 16:50
• Kremlin reacts to plague suspicions in Russia: “Don’t listen to rumors”Realitatea Sportiva · Romanian · 5 Oct, 14:45
• Kremlin clarifies reports of plague detected in RussiaApa.az (🇦🇿) · 5 Oct, 10:21
• The Kremlin commented on reports of plague detected in RussiaApa.az (🇦🇿) · Russian · 5 Oct, 10:28
• The Kremlin reassures the public in its own way: There is no reason to panic over the plague; ignore the rumorsStirileprotv.ro (🇷🇴) · Romanian · 5 Oct, 14:17
• The Kremlin does not believe in plague and urges Russians not to listen to rumors. Soviet-style secrecy in IrkutskZiare.com · Romanian · 5 Oct, 15:01
• Peskov: Do not believe rumors and speculation about a plague epidemicDnes.bg (🇧🇬) · Bulgarian · 5 Oct, 12:27
• Russians should not believe rumors and speculation, Peskov says. The Kremlin denies the spread of plague in Siberiahnonline.sk (🇸🇰) · Slovak · 5 Oct, 16:30