
Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov called for trust in the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova in assessing the epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region, calling media reports about pneumonia false.
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The media reported about a second employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute with pneumonia of unknown etiology.
Kremlin official Dmitry Peskov urged to trust the comments of the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova and department employees on the situation in the Irkutsk region, RIA Novosti reports.
The press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that most media reports on the epidemiological situation in the Angara region are false. In this way, Peskov responded to a question from journalists about whether the Kremlin knows about a second employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, who was allegedly diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown etiology.

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