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A female staff member at an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region who died amid rumours of a "black death" outbreak was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown origin". Rospotrebnadzor insists that the situation in the region is "stable".

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BBC Verify looks into the death of a woman linked to plague lab in Siberia.

The death of a lab worker in Russia’s Siberia region has sparked concerns over a possible plague case, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, adding that it was following the situation closely.

The US and Russia have each offered to help each other tackling infectious diseases.

Dozens of people have been quarantined over a suspected case of the plague in Russia’s Siberia.

Russia denies plague cases after laboratory technician's death; US demands 'transparency' as WHO monitors situation.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak “very soon” with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported death from plague of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the World Health Organization pressed Moscow for greater transparency and clarity over conflicting accounts of the incident in Siberia...

Fears that the death may have been caused by pneumonic plague has prompted calls for more transparency from Russia.