HealthUS ‘closely watching’ after Russian plague lab worker dies

US President Donald Trump says Washington is watching the death of a laboratory technician at a plague research centre in Siberia “very closely”. Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced concern that pneumonic plague could spread, while saying there was no reason for panic. Russian officials identified the cause as pneumonia of unknown origin, and said safety inspections found no emergency. Unconfirmed reports suggest the woman became ill after breaking a pathogen tube or after fieldwork in an area where plague occurs naturally among rodents.

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