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A Russian laboratory worker has died amid a plague mystery, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Russia should share more information about the case.

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A Russian laboratory worker has died amid a plague mystery, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Russia should share more information about the case.
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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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Marco Rubio said the United States is monitoring a suspected plague case in Russia. A hospital in Shelekhov was placed under quarantine, and people who had contact with the woman were put under medical observation.
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A Russian laboratory worker has died amid a plague mystery, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Russia should share more information about the case.

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.

Marco Rubio said the United States is monitoring a suspected plague case in Russia. A hospital in Shelekhov was placed under quarantine, and people who had contact with the woman were put under medical observation.
