HealthIs it plague? Accounts of Russian lab worker’s death keep changing

The death of Daria Shipilova, a laboratory technician at a plague research centre in Siberia, prompted fears of a possible lab leak after Russian officials initially linked it to plague. Authorities later said she died of pneumonia of unknown cause and found no work-related microorganisms, while reports of a second victim and a St Petersburg lockdown remain unverified.

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