WHO Presses Russia Over Mysterious Plague Lab Worker's Death
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The WHO is seeking more information from Russia about the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute from pneumonia of unknown origin. Russian authorities say no plague cases have been recorded in the area, but international concern persists over a possible pneumonic plague infection.
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