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Suspected plague death in Russia prompts State Department monitoring
Reports also said that about 200 people who had contact with her were placed under medical observation as a precaution.
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Source context: The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and a related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday.Driving the news: Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the death of a woman who worked…
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Reports of a Plague Outbreak in Russia Follow the Death of a Researcher
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Mystery Lab Death Sparks Fears Of Plague Outbreak In Russia
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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
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Reports of a Plague Outbreak in Russia Follow the Death of a Researcher
Reports out of the Irkutsk region of Russia reveal a potential public health crisis developing in the area, after a lab accident released a “particularly dangerous infection” to a researcher, who later passed away. Twenty-eight-year-old Darya Shipilovia, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, died two days after she was hospitalized,…
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Scoop: White House monitors suspected plague outbreak in Russia
The White House is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case and a related quarantines in Russia, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday.Driving the news: Russian health authorities have taken precautionary measures in response to the death of a woman who worked at an anti-plague research factility, but have not confirmed that she…
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Suspected plague death in Russia prompts State Department monitoring
Reports also said that about 200 people who had contact with her were placed under medical observation as a precaution.
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Mystery Lab Death Sparks Fears Of Plague Outbreak In Russia
More than 200 people have entered forced quarantine after a Russian laboratory worker died from reported exposure to the plague in an incident evocative of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Daria Shipilova, 28, was admitted to the hospital with symptoms of severe pneumonia and died sometime overnight between October 1 and 2, Axios and ...