Suspected plague in Russia: the death of an Irkutsk lab technician worries the WHO and Washington
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RussiaMoscow, in its independent press, is deciphering a battle of versions: between the Rospotrebnadzor's denials, quarantines observed on site and rumors of plague, it is the reliability of official information that is at stake.
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BrazilBrasília is dissecting the conflicting versions of the death of the laboratory worker from Irkutsk and highlighting what is known, what is unknown, and the level of risk assessed by the WHO.
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the narrative highlights the withdrawal of information about the plague and then the denial by the authorities.
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the narrative highlights Moscow's successive official versions.
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the hypothesis of pulmonary plague is based on unnamed sources from several media outlets.
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BrazilReliance on anonymous sources
the theory of the broken pipe is based on a local media outlet citing unnamed sources.