Russia quarantines about 190 after suspected plague death, denies diagnosis

Russian authorities placed about 190 contacts under quarantine in Siberia's Irkutsk region after researcher Darya Shipilova, 28, died in late September at an institute that studies plague, though the health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor insists she died of 'pneumonia of unknown origin' unrelated to her work. The WHO rated the public health risk low to moderate for the region and very low for Europe, while Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan tightened border checks.

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