WorldPingIn response to concerns over a second suspected plague case linked to a worker's death, Russia has denied these allegations.
The World Health Organization is looking for more details on the illness that led to the worker's pneumonia.
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Senior WHO official urges Russia to provide more information on the suspected pneumonic plague cases.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
Russia says it's open to a Trump-Putin phone call as concern and questions mount over a woman's death of "pneumonia of unknown origin."…
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The World Health Organization is demanding answers from Russia amid reports of a second suspected case of plague. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
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WorldPingThe World Health Organization says it wants more information on what caused the death of an employee at a Russian plague research lab. Russia says the woman died of pneumonia of unknown origin.
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WorldPingA top official with the World Health Organization said Wednesday it doesn’t know how a lab worker in Siberia died, and she urged Russia to provide more information about a case that prompted global concerns about suspected pneumonic plague.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation earlier this week in Russia's Irkutsk region in eastern Siberia over suspected exposure to plague.
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