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Russia screens airline passengers after lab worker's death near Irkutsk
Original: RE: https:// mastodon.social/@MAKS23/117389 140744755947 Great… just great. Russian authorities checking the temperature
Russian authorities are checking the temperatures of passengers on a flight departing from Irkutsk, Siberia, after the death of a worker at a laboratory in the region. Observers online are raising alarm about a possible outbreak, with mentions of plague and speculation that has revived discredited bioweapons-lab claims. Health officials have not confirmed the nature of the disease involved.
Why now: The death of a lab worker and temperature screening on flights are fueling fears of a new infectious disease outbreak.
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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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