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Russia health officials deny reports of 2nd plague death in Siberia

Russia's health regulator said Thursday that reports that a second person had fallen ill following the death of a worker at a plague research laboratory in Siberia were false.

Russia health officials deny reports of 2nd plague death in Siberia

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