Russian Lab Worker Dies of Suspected Plague, Hundreds Quarantined in Siberia

Russian Lab Worker Dies of Suspected Plague, Hundreds Quarantined in Siberia

A 28-year-old researcher at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia died after reportedly breaking a test tube containing live pneumonic plague bacteria. Nearly 200 colleagues and contacts have been placed under medical observation, though Russian authorities say the death was caused by 'pneumonia of unknown origin' and the situation is under control.

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