Global health officials continue to press Moscow for full transparency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is investigating reports of a second possible pneumonic plague case in Siberia after the death of a laboratory worker who was allegedly exposed to the illness.
Global health officials are pushing Moscow for transparency following the death of 28-year-old laboratory technician Darya Shipilova at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov.
Shipilova was admitted to hospital late last month with acute respiratory failure and placed on a ventilator before passing away on 2 October.
Local media reported that she was exposed to a dangerous pathogen after accidentally shattering a sample tube during routine laboratory work.
Can already tell you the results
Right now- It’s not from Russia, nothing is wrong, there is no plague
~2 months - It’s not from Russia, even if it was, there is no human to human transmission, everything is fine.
~4 months - It could possibly be from Russia, but it’s not from a lab, there is only limited human to human transmission, everything is fine
~6 months - Why didn’t you listen to us for the last 6 months, there is a global pandemic and it’s not Russia’s fault, we told you about human to human transmission 6 months ago why didn’t you listen?
A global pandemic really is not a significant risk here. It’s a very deadly disease, but it isn’t transmissible enough to spread widely