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Rumors Are Swirling of a Plague Outbreak in Russia. Here’s What We Know.
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The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia.
The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia.
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