HealthRubio says US is ‘watching closely’ after plague researcher dies in Russia
The US is closely monitoring the death of a laboratory technician at a plague research centre in Siberia, Secretary of State Marco Rubio says. He cited concern that pneumonic plague could have spread but said there was no cause for alarm. Russian officials identified the death as pneumonia of undetermined etiology, reported no related microorganisms in samples and said an inspection found no emergency at the institute.
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Rubio says US is ‘watching closely’ after plague researcher dies in Russia
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