Russian Plague Lab Worker Death Sparks Global Concern
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A 28-year-old researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, Darya Shipilova, died after reportedly being exposed to pneumonic plague in a lab accident, though Russian officials say she died of pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 contacts have been placed under medical observation as the WHO assesses the public health risk as low and the US monitors the situation.
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