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Rubio says US monitoring suspected plague case in Siberia

Original: JUST NOW: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the U.S. is actively monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague inc

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the United States is actively monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague incident at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Siberia, after the death of a 28-year-old laboratory technician there. The development is drawing attention because pneumonic plague is highly lethal and can spread between people, and a death at a facility specializing in the disease raises questions about containment and Russian transparency.

Why now: A young lab worker died at a plague institute, raising fears of a possible outbreak and questions about Russia's handling of it

Marco RubioIrkutsk Anti-Plague InstituteSiberiaRussiaUnited States

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