Russia says checks complete on Irkutsk plague lab researcher's death
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Russia's public health watchdog said it has completed checks after a researcher at the Irkutsk plague institute died, repeating that she died of pneumonia unrelated to her lab work and denying reports of another infection. A local official had initially linked the death to plague. The researcher's mother has rejected the official account, saying she knows the truth.
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