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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…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by ABC News
According to local media reports, as many as 189 people have also been placed under medical observation in Irkutsk in eastern Russia.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CNBC World
WorldPingThe death of a 28-year-old lab worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has reawakened pandemic fears.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
WorldPingA lab accident is said to have led to the death of a woman from pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, leading to nearly 200 possible contacts being put under observation…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by New Scientist
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
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