{"id":33924,"date":"2026-10-08T02:08:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33924"},"modified":"2026-10-08T02:08:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T02:08:14","slug":"russia-rejects-second-plague-scare-as-who-demands-answers-over-siberian-lab-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33924","title":{"rendered":"Russia rejects second plague scare as WHO demands answers over Siberian lab deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134777656,imgsize-61956,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/kremlin-spokesperson-dmitry-peskov-denounced-many-media-reports-as-false.jpg\" alt=\"Russia rejects second plague scare as WHO demands answers over Siberian lab deaths\" title=\"Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denounced many media reports as false\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denounced many media reports as false\">Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denounced many media reports as false<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Russia has dismissed reports of a second suspected plague case in Siberia as \u201cfalse information\u201d, after the World Health Organization sought clarification.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"1\"\/>According to Al Jazeera, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the organisation had received reports of the suspected second case and had asked Russian authorities for more information.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, however, rejected the reports, saying the \u201cvast majority\u201d of media coverage about the situation was false.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>\u201cThere is a great deal of media coverage, and the vast majority of what the media are reporting about this situation is false information,\u201d Peskov said, urging people to rely on information from Russia\u2019s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>The controversy follows the death of 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, a worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, who developed pneumonia and died last week. <!-- -->Russian authorities have described her illness as pneumonia of unknown cause and have not confirmed that she had plague.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The WHO has said it still does not have enough information to determine what caused Shipilova\u2019s illness and has asked Russia for further details, including information related to the reported second pneumonia case.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Rospotrebnadzor has maintained that testing has found no dangerous pathogens and that there is no epidemic risk to the population. The reported second case has not been independently confirmed as plague.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>The WHO has sought further information from Russia over reports of a second employee at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute developing pneumonia of an undetermined cause. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency does not yet have enough information to fully assess the situation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cWe don\u2019t yet have the full picture of this event and we\u2019re not able to conduct a full risk assessment,\u201d Tedros said, stressing the need for timely and transparent information from Russian authorities.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove said the agency was also seeking details about the illness that killed the first worker. \u201cWe don\u2019t understand how she was infected,\u201d she said, adding that WHO wants to establish what caused the woman\u2019s illness and death.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/rest-of-world\/russia-rejects-second-plague-scare-as-who-demands-answers-over-siberian-lab-deaths\/articleshow\/134777634.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link 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