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Dozens Quarantined After Death of Worker at Siberia Plague Research Lab

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Dozens of people have been quarantined in Siberia after a lab worker at a plague research institute died in circumstances that remain unclear. Russian authorities say the situation is under control, though the death of the 28-year-old woman has led to fears on social media. The governor of the Irkutsk region says the worker died of pneumonia with an unknown origin and said no other staff at the lab have sought medical help.