WHO says Russia has not shared full picture after suspected plague death of Siberian lab worker

The World Health Organization says it lacks the full picture on the suspected plague death of a laboratory worker in Siberia.

• Darya Shipilova, 28, died two days after falling ill with cold-like symptoms while working at the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk.
• Russian authorities deny any connection with the institute, attributing her death to pneumonia of an unknown aetiology and imposing quarantine at the lab and nearby hospitals.
• WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency cannot conduct a full risk assessment and is awaiting Russia's response on reports of a second employee with pneumonia.
• Mohamed Awad Taj El-Din, Egypt's presidential health adviser, said no official scientific confirmation exists that the researcher died from plague bacteria.
• Russia dismissed media reports of a second suspected pneumonic plague case as false information, urging reliance on Rospotrebnadzor's official statements.
• The US Centers for Disease Control described the risk to Americans as extremely low and is monitoring travellers from the region.
• The WHO said Russia has not fully complied with its international reporting obligations over the suspected plague death.
• Local media reported Shipilova may have died after a lab accident involving a broken test tube at the institute.
• About 200 contacts have been placed in quarantine, with the WHO assessing the public risk as low.