Health & Environment
EU urges transparent reporting from Russia on plague technician's death
The Hindu1h
THE BRIEF
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The European Union urged Russia on Wednesday to provide transparent epidemiological and microbiological findings regarding the death of a plague laboratory technician in Siberia.
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Russian news outlet People of Baikal reported that a 28-year-old woman employed at a plague research institute in Irkutsk died of the disease following a broken test tube incident.
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Russian authorities downplayed the reports, stating the cause of death is unconfirmed and denying the implementation of anti-plague measures.