Suspected plague in Russia: the death of an Irkutsk lab technician worries the WHO and Washington
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More divergent than 59% of recent comparable stories (reference: 90 recent stories measured with the same method).
the same fact, two accounts
this subject is more divergent than 59% of recent comparable stories
United KingdomLondon weighs the real risk rather than the rumour: the British press explains the pulmonary plague, relays the "very low" judgment of the WHO and notes what Moscow has not yet established.
What each one tells
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FinlandHelsinki is closely watching the pressure from Washington and the WHO on Moscow: the Finnish press is categorizing the case of the Siberian laboratory under the question of Russian transparency, up to the announced call between Trump and Putin.
- United Kingdom
Health
the narrative highlights the WHO's assessment and the description of the disease, before the political aspect.
Parallel with Covid
the article links the Russian case to the debate on the origin of the pandemic.
What the account puts first
Finlandthrough transparency
the narrative highlights the obligation of information attributed to Russia by Washington.
- United Kingdom
this perspective does not carry this information
What it leaves out
Finland onlyFinlandLimited space for the Russian version
the position of the Russian authorities is limited to one sentence, without details of their argumentation.