WorldPingA laboratory employee at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute has tested positive for an infection, raising alarms over possible internal contagion.
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WorldPingDonald Trump says the US was looking "very strongly" at the case of a lab technician who died at a research centre in Siberia.
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WorldPingRussian authorities say a staffer at a plague research institute in Siberia contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause, and local state TV reported the woman died last week…
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WHO said it was in contact with Russian authorities, and has offered support if needed, while assessing the risk to the general public as low based on available information.
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A Russian plague lab worker died of "pneumonia of unknown origin," officials say, in response to initial reports that she was exposed to the deadly bacteria during a lab accident.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
A Russian lab worker at an institute focused on the plague, the notorious bacterial infection tied to medieval pandemics like the Black Death, has reportedly died, which President Trump called "a big problem for Russia.
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Russian authorities quarantine hospital, monitor 200 contacts after suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
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