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- Rospotrebnadzor said the laboratory accident poses no epidemic risk.
- Researcher Darya Shipilova broke a pathogen-containing test tube on Sept. 25 and later died.
- Shipilova’s remains tested negative for plague bacterium and other dangerous pathogens.
- About 200 contacts were identified; 90% of checks completed and four non-plague infections confirmed.
- WHO director Maria Van Kerkhove said the agency is still investigating the pneumonia cause and sees no outbreak risk.