Russian lab worker’s death sparks plague fears as unverified claims spread online

“What we know about Russia’s suspected plague case”

Dozens of people have been quarantined over a suspected case of the plague in Russia’s Siberia.

“How Russia and the world are responding to a possible case of pneumonic plague after lab worker death”

The World Health Organization says a possible case of pneumonic plague in Russia presents a "very low" risk outside the country as investigators look into what caused the death of a lab employee there last week.

“Russian lab worker’s death sparks plague fears as unverified claims spread online”

The death of a 28-year-old Russian lab worker at Siberia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has sparked online panic about a ‘plague’, despite the WHO assessing the public health risk in Russia as low. Unverified claims about how she became ill, including a laboratory accident involving a test tube, are circulating online. Misleading posts and out-of-context videos have also fuelled speculation and fear. Vedika Bahl goes through them, and what we know, in Truth or Fake.

“Russia warns against spreading 'false information' as reports emerge of second plague case”

The World Health Organization joined Western leaders on Wednesday in urging Russia to share more information about what killed a plague institute worker in Siberia as reports emerged of a second suspected case. The Kremlin said Moscow had shared what it knew and accused the media ​of spreading "false information".

“Rusia tilda de "información falsa" las sospechas de un segundo caso de peste mientras EEUU pide a sus ciudadanos que no viajen al país”

Moscú desmiente las informaciones sobre un segundo caso mientras crece la preocupación por el posible brote de peste neumónica en Irkutsk Leer