{
  "id": 12425617,
  "title": "Russia denies anti-plague measures after lab worker’s death: WHO says ‘low’ risk — What we know so far",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/russia-denies-anti-plague-measures-after-lab-workers-death-who-says",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T17:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/russia-denies-anti-plague-measures-after-lab-worker-s-death-who-says-low-risk-what-we-know-so-far-11791304827263.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Russian authorities have denied allegations of imposing anti-plague measures following the death of a laboratory worker in Irkutsk, Siberia, who was reportedly 28-year-old Darya Shipilova. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the public health risk is currently low for Russia and very low for the rest of Europe, although they are monitoring the situation due to the woman's connection to a facility studying plague. Russian health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has confirmed that the woman died from pneumonia and no evidence of plague was found in her biological samples. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on Moscow to be more transparent about the case, while authorities have conducted contact tracing and medical observation of individuals who were in contact with the deceased, finding no pathogens associated with infectious diseases.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}