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Plague Lab Worker Dies and 189 Hospitalized. What Do We Actually Know?
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- Russia plays down plague fears and denies lab accident, says scientist died of "pneumonia of unknown origin" — CBS News ↗
- Hospital in Russia's Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague — Meduza ↗
- Suspected plague death at Russian lab sparks "anti-epidemic" lockdown — Newsweek ↗
- Medical worker dies of plague, 200 under observation after potential exposure — KOMO News ↗
- Reports of a Plague Outbreak in Russia Follow the Death of a Researcher — Mother Jones ↗
- Sverdlovsk anthrax leak — Wikipedia ↗