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Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died

Compiled Oct 5

Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died · Photo: The Associated Press

A staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause

  1. last week
    The woman died in a hospital in Shelekhov
  2. Friday
    The hospital was placed under quarantine and Anna Popova met with Gov. Igor Kobzev in Irkutsk
  3. Saturday
    The Irkutsk Aluminum Plant required staff to wear masks as a precaution
  4. Sunday
    Rospotrebnadzor announced she had 'pneumonia of unknown etiology' and found no related pathogens
  5. Monday
    A state TV station in Irkutsk reported her death, and Kremlin spokesman Peskov commented on the case

“Better be safe than sorry.”

Artyom Fominykh

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