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Russian authorities screen airline passengers amid plague scare
Original: RE: https:// mastodon.social/@MAKS23/117389 140744755947 Great… just great. Russian authorities checking the temperature
Russian authorities are checking the temperature of passengers arriving on a flight from Irkutsk, in Siberia. The screening follows reports of a worker's death at a laboratory near the city that handles plague samples. Commenters online reacted with alarm and sarcasm, worried about a possible outbreak and swapping claims about bioweapon labs.
Why now: News of a death from plague at a lab near Irkutsk has raised fears of an outbreak and prompted the passenger screening.
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- RE: https:// mastodon.social/@MAKS23/117389 140744755947 Great… just great. Russian authorities checking the temperature of passengers on a flight from Irkutsk (near the bioweapons lab with the death of a worker) # russia # pandemic # plague # weNeedMoreBadThings · chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca · 12
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