{"id":226952,"date":"2026-10-09T00:51:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T00:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/russia-dismisses-reports-of-second-plague-case-as-false-information-al-jazeera\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T00:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T00:51:37","slug":"russia-dismisses-reports-of-second-plague-case-as-false-information-al-jazeera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/russia-dismisses-reports-of-second-plague-case-as-false-information-al-jazeera\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia dismisses reports of second plague case as \u2018false information\u2019 &#8211; Al Jazeera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Senior WHO official urges Russia to to provide more information on the suspected pneumonic \u2060plague case.<\/em><br \/>Save<br \/>Share<br \/>What we know about Russia\u2019s suspected plague case<br \/>Russia has dismissed media reports of a second <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/10\/5\/russian-lab-worker-dies-of-suspected-plague-in-siberia-us-monitoring-case\">suspected case<\/a> of pneumonic plague in Siberia, as the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Moscow to formally respond to its inquiry regarding the reports.<br \/>Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that \u201cthe vast majority of what the media is reporting regarding this situation is false information\u201d, in response to a question about reports of a second case.<br \/>Peskov said that information on the suspected cases should be derived from official statements by Russia\u2019s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor.<br \/>Russia\u2019s health regulator said there were <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/10\/6\/russia-denies-imposing-anti-plague-measures-after-lab-worker-death\">no infections detected among staff<\/a> after a plague institute worker died from pneumonia. The origin of the illness remains unknown, prompting international concern that the case could involve the plague.<br \/>Russia acknowledged on Sunday that a 28-year-old woman employed at a plague research institute in Siberia\u2019s Irkutsk died after she was diagnosed with a \u201cpneumonia of unknown aetiology\u201d, prompting global concern over a suspected plague case.<br \/>The United States, the European Union and the WHO have all called on Russia to be transparent about the situation.<br \/>US President Donald Trump told reporters on Wednesday when asked whether it\u2019s possible the infection was from a bioweapon, \u201cWe do not think so.\u201d<br \/>\u201cThey are saying it is very much under control,\u201d he said, adding \u201cRussia is not saying much either.\u201d<br \/>Trump confirmed he has spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and when asked about what US intelligence agencies are reporting, Trump said the two sides are \u201cin very deep discussions\u201d and that they would likely be able to provide an update \u201cprobably tomorrow.\u201d<br \/>WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged Russia to clarify \u201cmedia reports of a second employee with pneumonia of undetermined cause\u201d at the Irkutsk institute.<br \/>\u201cWe have received information from two media outlets, one of them is Russian,\u201d Tedros said in a briefing on Wednesday, adding, \u201cWe asked Russia to respond to that.\u201d<br \/>\u201cWe cannot ignore any reporting that comes,\u201d the WHO chief said.<br \/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><br \/>WHO Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Management Maria Van Kerkhove said the UN agency does not know the \u201ccausative agent\u201d behind the death in the first suspected case.<br \/>In a briefing, Van Kerkhove said, \u201cWe don\u2019t understand how she was infected.\u201d<br \/>\u201cWe need information in a timely way. We need regular information. We need answers to the follow-up of the questions that we have asked,\u201d she added.<br \/>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) described the risk to the United States from the suspected pneumonic plague case as \u201cextremely low\u201d.<br \/>CDC Director Erica Schwartz said on Wednesday that the US agency is working with the departments of Homeland Security, State, Defense and other agencies to monitor people travelling from the area.<br \/>The CDC has a health station at New York City\u2019s John F Kennedy International Airport that can screen travellers coming from the Siberian region, she added.<br \/>About 200 people per year travel from the Siberian region to the United States, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson told the Reuters news agency.<br \/>Direct flights between Russia and the US have been suspended since the start of the Ukraine war in 2022.<br \/>\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing from a whole of government standpoint is we\u2019re making sure that we understand exactly what that threat is,\u201d Schwartz said at the Wall Street Journal\u2019s The Future of Health event in Washington, DC.<br \/>\u201cAt this time, there is no indication of a broader threat to the United States, but CDC and our interagency partners are prepared and will continue to monitor the situation closely,\u201d the CDC said in a separate statement.<br \/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Follow Al Jazeera English:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxOOHlYQjEyakY3dlotR25kYnZQVWFld3FGZ1A1UzBjQTlDc0RDWGM4dUdPZDZMTTVEZUZ1YUJwSUN3SVpycFl5SmtKQy10bEFWdk9KY0VVaEdvcFNEeUYyV1NmN2h5bG4tZjVqdDJHajl5dG9DWVljWnktTmZtNXRTN0R1amhucF9vamxzRWlsVE0ybTNrV1VIWDZQbUVqblFyY2ZIRlBUR3hxRGRF0gGyAUFVX3lxTE5CMFM0OHV1TE5zdHBiNGNXNzVwSW51Nko4d3U0aVpKY1JiMnR0SFJqMUtHcFdEUjVMdkdyWm5peU1HTExTM0RENXZPXzhCam90SXZJMUctd0t2aXA0Qld1Zm5teGxXV2FUbkROMTNnSzZjYklCa0FUcENGMmVWeG9vNnpmNmhwRXgtMEdsMkpOUHNTYnVENk43WnQ0NG1wQldWUGJRZEMxNXVNX2tjQ2tYOVE?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior WHO official urges Russia to to provide more information on the suspected pneumonic \u2060plague case.SaveShareWhat we know about Russia\u2019s suspected plague caseRussia has dismissed media reports of a second suspected case of pneumonic plague in Siberia, as the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Moscow to formally respond to its inquiry regarding the reports.Kremlin spokesperson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":226953,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-226952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}