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Russian lab worker dies amid plague fears
A 28-year-old Russian laboratory employee died in Irkutsk after an incident at a government institute for plague control. The incident involved a broken test tube believed to contain the causative agent of pneumonic plague. The employee’s health deteriorated following the incident, and she was transferred to a hospital where she later died. A Russian official mentioned the possibility that the cause of death was the plague, though authorities did not confirm the diagnosis definitively, only referring to it as a "severe infectious disease." Health authorities conducted monitoring on about 200 individuals who had come into contact with her, and some hospital services were suspended, but so far, none of these people have shown any symptoms.
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