Hospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague
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A hospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region was reported to be quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague. [1]
The report attributes the quarantine to the reported death and describes the death as a reported case of pneumonic plague, rather than a confirmed fact. [1]
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quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague