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.

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[–] 0 points 2 days ago (1 child)

WHO to investigate

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?

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