SCOUT· 36%13m·2026-10-06·News PoliticsPlague outbreak? Russian lab worker dies in Siberia - The Latest
Quarantine measures have been in place in several hospitals in eastern Russia since a 28-year-old laboratory worker, Darya Shipilova, died after falling ill at work following a reported accident at a plague research centre in Siberia. Russia’s health watchdog has said she died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but…
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