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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WorldPingUS President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the death of a Russian plague laboratory worker did not appear to be linked to a biological weapon. "We don't think so.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
WorldPingFears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
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."…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by CBS News
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.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by NPR Top
US President Donald Trump said it would be a ‘great discredit’ to the Nobel Peace Prize committee.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
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
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