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White House monitoring suspected plague outbreak in Russia
Original: White House 'monitoring' suspected plague outbreak in Russia after lab worker dead, hundreds quarantined
A lab worker in Russia has died in what officials suspect is a plague case, and hundreds of people have been quarantined as a precaution. The White House says it is monitoring the situation. The suspected outbreak has drawn international attention given the disease's severity and memories of past epidemics, though details about how the worker was infected and the extent of the spread remain limited.
Why now: Concerns over a potentially deadly disease outbreak abroad and its possible international implications
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- White House 'monitoring' suspected plague outbreak in Russia after lab worker dead, hundreds quarantined · New York Post
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