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Deja vu: New Siberian lab leak leaves Trump officials scrambling
What happened
AlterNet reports that a 28-year-old technician at a Siberian laboratory died within 48 hours of an apparent occupational exposure on September 25. One Russian report alleged that she broke a test tube containing a pneumonic-plague pathogen, but the World Health Organization said the pathogen, the testing performed and the reason roughly 200 contacts were quarantined or monitored remained unknown. The article mentions a possible second death but does not establish that one occurred.
Donald Trump said Russian officials had assured the United States that the incident was contained…
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