Approximately 200 people have been placed under medical supervision in Russia’s Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia due to concerns about possible exposure to plague. The situation was triggered by the illness and subsequent death of Darya Shipilova, a 27-year-old employee at the anti-plague research institute. The head of the Republic of Buryatia confirmed that her cause […]

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