HealthRussia Denies Second Pneumonic Plague Case After Lab Worker's Death
Russian authorities have rejected reports of a second pneumonic plague case linked to the Irkutsk anti-plague institute in Siberia. The claims on social media were called false by the state-run TASS news agency. The 28-year-old lab worker, Darya Shipilova, died of pneumonia of unknown cause, with no evidence of plague infection found in post-mortem exams. Earlier reports of exposure due to a broken test tube remain unconfirmed.
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