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Russia WHO Can't Fully Assess Plague Case
WHO says Russia's plague death case lacks full assessment.
In brief
WHO says Russia's plague death case lacks full assessment. WHO states it cannot fully assess a suspected plague death of a Russian lab technician due to incomplete information. Originally reported by Dw.
WHO says Russia's plague case unclear
The World Health Organization said it could not fully assess the situation of a suspected plague death of a Russian laboratory employee.
“We don't yet have the full picture of this event and we're not able to conduct a full risk assessment”
Russia calls reports false
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed reports as 'false information' and said only Russian authorities' statements should be trusted.
“false information”
Trump says no biological link
US President Donald Trump stated the death did not appear linked to a biological weapon, saying Russia had the incident under control.
“We're going to find out soon, but we don't think so”
Second case reported
A second suspected case of plague was reported at the Irkutsk anti-plague center, where a 28-year-old female technician died possibly from a broken test tube.
“second employee with pneumonia of undetermined cause”
Russia claims no epidemic risk
Russia's health agency said there are no epidemic risks, with over 90 percent of contacts completed medical observation and 5,000 lab tests showing no dangerous pathogens.
“More than 90 percent of contacts have completed medical observation”
Mongolia implements border checks
Mongolia activated health surveillance and monitoring measures at the border with Russia following the reports.
“health surveillance and monitoring measures”
The essence
WHO states it cannot fully assess a suspected plague death of a Russian lab technician due to incomplete information.
