Health · Siberia plague scare
Siberian Plague-Lab Worker Dies, 200 Isolated — and Russia Says It Isn't Plague
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13 points3 confirmed by two or more outlets0 from a single outlet0 disputed
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| Point | ABC News | Sky News | CNN | The Independent | NBC News | Fox News | FRANCE 24 English | Scripps News | CBC News | The Hill | C-SPAN | Bloomberg Television | PBS NewsHour | POLITICO | NPR | U.S. Department of State | Outlets |
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| The State Department is monitoring reports of a suspected pneumonic plague death in Russia.Not independently confirmed | 10 | ||||||||||||||||
| WHO has asked Russia for lab test results under the International Health Regulations.Not independently confirmed | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rospotrebnadzor said it found no evidence the illness was caused by any pathogens she worked with.Independently confirmed | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| The World Health Organization said that, based on available information, the risk to the general po…Not independently confirmed | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Siegel says no one else has been infected so far among those tested.Independently confirmed | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| The program said U.S. officials had speculated that reported symptoms were consistent with pneumoni…Not independently confirmed | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| A laboratory worker who studied plague died; Russian authorities say pneumonia of unknown cause and…Not independently confirmed | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| WHO says the risk to the general public is low.Independently confirmed | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| She reportedly became infected after a test tube containing live bacteria broke while she was colle…Not independently confirmed | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| US agencies are tracking a reported death of a laboratory worker at a plague institute, with quaran…Not independently confirmed | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| A worker at a Russian plague research center died after being diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown c…Not independently confirmed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nearly 200 people are under medical observation.Not independently confirmed | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| A 28-year-old lab worker in Russia died from suspected pneumonic plague; Russian authorities say pn…Not independently confirmed | 2 |
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