GoKawiilSiberian lab plague death raises transparency concerns, not outbreak risk
A 28-year-old researcher died at Russia's Anti-Plague Research Institute in Irkutsk, with unverified reports suggesting around 200 people may have been quarantined after possible exposure. Russian health officials initially said there was no emergency and attributed the death to pneumonia of unknown origin, only confirming five days later that the researcher had been vaccinated against plague and that extensive testing found no dangerous pathogens in her or others.