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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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
WorldPingUnconfirmed reports have suggested there was a laboratory accident.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Ars Technica
WorldPingMoscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, stressing that post-mortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by France 24
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
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
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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