Russia isolates nearly 200 people after reported plague death at Irkutsk lab
- A laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died after developing pneumonia of unknown origin, according to Russian authorities.
- Nearly 200 people who may have had contact with the worker were placed under medical observation, and part of a hospital in Shelekhov was cordoned off.
- Officials gave conflicting accounts about whether the death involved plague, while Rospotrebnadzor said it found no evidence of an accident involving pathogens.
- Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev said all known contacts had been identified and examined, and that no new institute staff cases had appeared.
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