Checklists, masks and mystery: What we know about the plague scare in Russia
Public Health,Public Health Emergency,Pandemic,Russia
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Russian authorities have sought to allay global worries over the death of a young woman who worked at a Siberian anti-plague laboratory. But moves to isolate her contacts and introduce new disease-control measures at local hospitals have raised concerns among people who fear they're not being told the full story.
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