Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague - The Moscow Times
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Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regional leader Friday.

“There are no plague outbreaks in the republic, including in areas bordering Mongolia,” he wrote on social media.