U.S. Monitoring Reports of Russian Lab Worker’s Suspected Plague Death
A laboratory worker in Siberia died of pneumonic plague after breaking a test tube at work. Roughly 200 people who may have been in contact with her were placed in quarantine. U.S. officials are now monitoring the situation and have asked Russian authorities to share accurate information about what happened.
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3 developments- Oct 3Suspected Plague Death at Russian Lab Sparks 'Anti-Epidemic' Lockdown
- Oct 3Pneumonic plague outbreak hits Siberia as lab worker, 28, dies after breaking test tube and 200 people she was in contact with are put in quarantine
- Oct 4U.S. Monitoring Reports of Russian Lab Worker’s Suspected Plague Death
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