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Unknown cause of death of lab worker in Siberia, WHO says no evidence of spread

Summary

The WHO says the cause of the pneumonia that killed a 28-year-old employee of a Russian plague research institute in Irkutsk on 2 October remains unknown, with no confirmed plague cases or evidence of further spread. Russian authorities quarantined around 200 contacts, and tests for high-risk pathogens came back negative.

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Misteriozna smrt u ruskoj laboratoriji, WHO još ne zna šta se dogodilo E. DŽ. | Zaposlenica istraživačkog centra u Sibiru preminula je od upale pluća

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Locations

  • Irkutsk · City / settlement

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Places mentioned in the report

  • where it happenedIrkutsk - Siberian city where the plague research institute is located

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Severity
Severity57

Total — strong signal (40–69)

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