Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times,
The top Kremlin spokesman sought to tamp down "various rumors and speculation" about reports of a possible plague outbreak in Siberia and said that Russians should only monitor statements from government sources.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in Moscow on Feb. 18, 2022. Sergey Guneev/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters"The leading agency with authority in this area is Rospotrebnadzor," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, according to Russian media outlet TASS, referring to Russia's national public health agency. "And it is Rospotrebnadzor's official statements that should be relied upon, without listening to various rumors and speculation."
"Rospotrebnadzor is home to highly qualified professionals in this field. Let's listen to their official statements," Peskov added.
The statement comes as Russian health authorities said they took preventative actions after the death of a laboratory worker at the Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East near Irkutsk, Russian news agency Interfax reported on Oct. 4.
The worker was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown origin, Rospotrebnadzor said, although officials haven't yet confirmed the cause of her death. It's al
