Kremlin urges public to ignore outbreak rumours

Also reported as: Kremlin directs public to health agency statements

• Confirmed Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) urged Russians to rely on Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺)'s official statements and ignore rumours. per Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: political interest^{2 4 5 6 +2} 5
  • Confirmed Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺) said Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) had authority and specialists to assess sanitary conditions. per Dmitry Peskov (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: political interest⁴ 2
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) reported Daria Shipilova's diagnosis as pneumonia of unknown origin. per Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺), via TASS (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment^{1 4 6} 2
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) reported that tests found no microorganisms linked to Daria Shipilova's professional activity. per Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) Read with skepticism: record of concealment, no evidence shown⁵
• Confirmed Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) described the sanitary situation in the Irkutsk region as stable. Read with skepticism: no evidence shown, record of concealment
• Confirmed Russian authorities told the WHO (🇺🇳) that Irkutsk had no plague cases.⁹
• Denied The regional Rospotrebnadzor (🇷🇺) called reports of stricter sanitary restrictions in the Irkutsk region false. Read with skepticism: record of concealment, judges its own conduct
• Corrected Reports initially described Daria Shipilova as 28. now: Daria Shipilova was 27.^{6 7} 3
• Daria Shipilova died on 2 October at a hospital in Shelekhov.⁹

The reports (16)

• Russia takes measures to contain speculation about a plague outbreak in SiberiaO Globo (🇧🇷) · Portuguese · 6 Oct, 14:35
• Кремль призвал не верить слухам о чуме в Иркутской областиИА DEITA.RU (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 21:30
• Kremlin urges people to listen only to Rospotrebnadzor when discussing plaguei38.ru (🇷🇺) · Russian · 6 Oct, 00:00
• Kremlin Says Russians Should Ignore "Rumors" On Possible Plague Outbreak In SiberiaZerohedge (🇺🇸) · 6 Oct, 20:20
• Trud: Kremlin comments on reports of plague in the Angara regiontrud.ru (🇷🇺) · Russian · 5 Oct, 18:56
• El Kremlin llama a la calma tras la alerta de EE.UU. sobre un posible brote de peste pulmonar en SiberiaConfirmado (🇻🇪) · Spanish · 5 Oct, 20:27
• Moscow insists plague situation in Irkutsk under control as concern growsMalcontent News · 6 Oct, 02:04
• What is pneumonic plague? The respiratory disease under scrutiny after the alert in SiberiaLa Hora (🇬🇹) · Spanish · 6 Oct, 03:50
• Moscow tells people to ignore plague rumors. Pregnant woman reveals what is happening in a hospitalExecutive Digest (🇵🇹) · Portuguese · 6 Oct, 15:13
• Possible plague outbreak in Siberia raises alarmPulso Diario San Luis (🇲🇽) · Spanish · 6 Oct, 08:00
• Deadly plague in Russia: The Kremlin responds and rushes to reassure RussiansКонтракти.ua (🇺🇦) · Ukrainian · 6 Oct, 00:00
• Russia urges calm after pneumonic plague alertEl Men (🇵🇪) · Spanish · 6 Oct, 17:10
• Plague in Russia – the Kremlin responds, but calls it a rumor — PoliticsТСН.ua (🇺🇦) · Ukrainian · 6 Oct, 06:43
• World News | Russia Denies Plague Death of Siberian Lab Worker as Quarantine Measures Remain in Placelatestly.com · 6 Oct, 02:17
• Russia plays down reported plague lab death and says, trust us share.newsbreak.com · 6 Oct, 03:12
• Plague alarm in Russia: Putin’s spokesperson speaks of “rumors”hna.de (🇩🇪) · German · 6 Oct, 13:15