Russian lab worker dies after plague study incident
A 28-year-old laboratory worker in Siberia has died from pneumonia of unknown origin after reportedly mishandling a test tube while studying the plague. Russian authorities have placed five hospitals in quarantine and 200 people under observation, though the Kremlin dismisses any link between her death and potential plague exposure. Russia's health watchdog insists the laboratory workplace is sanitary, while pneumonia cases from plague remain extremely rare in Russia, with the last known death occurring in 2016.
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