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WHO Presses Russia for Details on Plague Lab Death
Health

WHO Presses Russia for Details on Plague Lab Death

The World Health Organization is demanding more information after an employee at a Russian plague research institute died, with Russia attributing the death to pneumonia of unknown origin. A senior WHO official has publicly urged Moscow to be more forthcoming, while Russia is dismissing reports of a second suspected pneumonic plague case as misinformation.

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