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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 quarantined in Siberia
A fatal laboratory accident in Siberia has led to the quarantine of nearly 200 people amid conflicting reports over whether a researcher died of pneumonic plague.
Russia quarantines nearly 200 after anti-plague lab worker dies
Nearly 200 people have been placed under medical observation in the Irkutsk region following the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker from pneumonia.