Russian plague lab worker dies, nearly 200 monitored

Russian plague lab worker dies, nearly 200 monitored

A 28-year-old researcher at Siberia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died after reportedly breaking a test tube containing live plague bacteria. Russia says postmortem tests found no plague pathogen, but nearly 200 contacts are under medical observation and the US is monitoring the case.

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