Plague outbreak in Russia: Authorities accused of hiding truth
Vladimir Putin (photo: Getty Images)
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been accused of concealing information about a plague outbreak in the Irkutsk region, The Sun reports.
According to the latest information, 28-year-old Daria Shipilova, who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, became the first victim of bubonic plague.
Putin's chief infectious disease doctor, Anna Popova, has already arrived in Irkutsk from Moscow to personally investigate the situation. Despite this, she has not yet made any public statements about the circumstances of the incident.
According to available information, 189 people are currently in isolation. Of these, 114 are in one hospital, 63 in another, and another 12 at the Anti-Plague Research Institute.
Irkutsk region Governor Igor Kobzev also declined to publicly disclose exactly what disease was involved, referring to it only as a "dangerous infectious disease." Journalists also learned that mass events in the region had been canceled.
According to reports, pharmacies in the Irkutsk region are allegedly facing a shortage of antibiotics after frightened residents began buying them in large quantities. Residents of nearby Baikalsk were advised to refrain from traveling to Shelekhov. The corresponding official notice was later deleted.
Leading Russian epidemiologist Mikhail Favorov has already commented on the situation. According to him, Popova's personal presence in Irkutsk means that the situation is "terrible, critical."
He also stressed that a large-scale concealment of facts is currently taking place.
It was previously reported that Putin had made new absurd claims about Ukraine.
In addition, it became known how President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to retaliate against the Kremlin over Russia's new "military doctrine."
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