Ukraine assesses risk from suspected Russian plague case

In response to: I'M TELLING YOU: WATCH THIS OUTBREAK. PLAGUE REPORTED IN RUSSIA.; In response to: Plague detected in Russia

• Confirmed The Public Health Center assessed the risk to Ukraine as very low. per Ministry of Health (🇰🇿) Read with skepticism: no evidence shown¹
• Confirmed The plague diagnosis had not been officially confirmed, the Public Health Center said. per Ministry of Health (🇰🇿) Read with skepticism: no evidence shown¹
  • Confirmed Russian official bodies reported pneumonia of unknown aetiology.¹
  • Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺)'s territorial office published information about a suspected especially dangerous infection. Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹
  • Confirmed Plague belonged to the especially dangerous infections category, the Public Health Center said. per Ministry of Health (🇰🇿)¹
• Confirmed A 28-year-old woman employed by Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute (🇷🇺) died in Russia's Irkutsk region. per Ministry of Health (🇰🇿) Read with skepticism: record of concealment, contradicted¹ disputed
  • Confirmed Daria Shipilova was hospitalised with severe pneumonia. Read with skepticism: contradicted¹ disputed
• Claimed The Atlantic (🇺🇸) said the situation was no cause for international panic, even if plague was involved. per the outlets, naming no source, via theatlantic.com (🇺🇸) Read with skepticism: no evidence shown, opinion, not a finding² 1
  • The Atlantic (🇺🇸) said Russian authorities had shared few clarifications. per the outlets, naming no source² 1

The reports (1)

• The Plague In Russia: Not an immediate cause for concern -- but something to be aware of, below the fold. ".. Russian authorities.. have shared few clarificatio...theatlantic.com (🇺🇸) · 6 Oct, 18:20