The World Health Organization (WHO) requested additional information from Russia after the media reported that another employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown origin. About this. This was announced by WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. According to him, the organization also expects clarifications regarding the causes of the "severe pneumonia" of the deceased laboratory worker of the institute Darya Shipilova, as well as the "incendiary" due to which the spread of the disease in the Irkutsk region was prevented and... Adequate measures have been taken. Ghebreyesus reminded that the employee in question died suddenly on October 2, presumably as a result of an accidental infection in the laboratory. According to him, the Russian side has assured the WHO that there have been no cases of plague in the Irkutsk region recently. The organization was also informed about the implemented epidemiological investigation, as well as preventive and control measures. The Russian authorities claim that people who had contact with Shipilova were under medical supervision and tested, as a result of which no high-risk pathogens were found. Ghebreyesus added that the WHO continues to maintain contact with the Russian health authorities, offering them technical support. He emphasized the importance of timely and transparent exchange of data in order to assess possible risks and clarify conflicting information about the situation. After the death of Shipilova, quarantine was declared in a number of hospitals in the Irkutsk region. The authorities also identified and hospitalized 189 people who had contact with the deceased. Igor Kobzev, the governor of the Irkutsk region, announced that no signs of plague were found in the laboratory technician and those examined. Russia's "Rospotrebnadzor" described the employee's illness as "pneumonia of unknown origin" and assured that "the sanitary-epidemic situation is calm" in the region.