Russia keeps a tight lid on a suspected plague death as the US and WHO seek answers

Summary

Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old employee of the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, died on October 2 after being hospitalized for pneumonia, and claims that pneumonic plague could have caused her death have raised global public health concerns. Russia's public health watchdog said she died from 'pneumonia of unknown etiology', that tests found 'no microorganisms associated with the patient's professional activities' and that 197 of her contacts were monitored; the World Health Organization said public risks were low, and Marco Rubio said Moscow should 'share more information with the world'. President Donald Trump said the U.S. was willing to help Russia and that he had a call scheduled with Vladimir Putin, and Russia said on October 7 that it was open to such a call; Trump also said he did not think the case was linked to a possible bioweapon and that Russia says the situation is 'under control'. Russian authorities are keeping a tight lid on information about the death, state-controlled media have steered clear of the subject, and a top WHO official said the agency does not know exactly how the lab worker died and called on Russia to provide more information. On October 8, the watchdog denied that the lab worker had spread infection to another person.

Latest: Russia's public health watchdog denied that the lab worker who died in Siberia had spread infection to another person, as global concerns swirled about suspected pneumonic plague.

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