WorldPingMarco Rubio has said the US is "closely monitoring" the case involving the death of a laboratory worker in Russia who may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.
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WorldPingQuarantine measures in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia amid uncertainty over death of Darya Shipilova The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said the US is closely monitoring the case of a Russian laboratory worker who died last wee…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
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
WorldPingDarya Shipilova's death at a Siberian plague research institute triggered quarantines and mass observation, but Russia has not confirmed what killed her.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Fox News
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
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
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