{
  "id": 12271819,
  "title": "Russian Lab Worker Dies of Suspected Plague, 200 Isolated",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/russian-lab-worker-dies-of-suspected-plague-200-isolated",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-05T23:47:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/world/russian-lab-worker-plague/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Last Updated on October 6, 2026 by Jeff Tomas MOSCOW – A young laboratory worker in Siberia has died from a suspected case of pneumonic plague. This alarming incident recently triggered a massive public health response across the remote Irkutsk region. Russian officials urgently hospitalised nearly 200 local residents to prevent a potential infectious outbreak. […] The post Russian Lab Worker…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}