Pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia? What we know so far
An employee at a plague research institute in Siberia, Darya Shipilova, employed at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances. Unconfirmed reports in Russia blamed the woman’s death on pneumonic plague
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