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'Concerning' death of Russian 'plague' laboratory employee being monitored

ABC News
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Infectious DiseasesRespiratory Diseases

Part of the Shelekhov District Hospital, where the woman died, and departments in several other hospitals in and around Irkutsk have been closed for quarantine, according to Euronews.

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This photo released in 2019 shows people working in the Siberian research facility.
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