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  "id": 12306285,
  "title": "Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/dozens-quarantined-in-siberia-after-plague-institute-lab-worker-dies-12306285",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T04:52:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/10/1548849/dozens-quarantined-siberia-after-plague-institute-lab-worker-dies"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MOSCOW: A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia fell ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of people and the head of Russia’s health watchdog to fly to the Irkutsk region.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/dozens-quarantined-in-siberia-after-plague-institute-lab-worker-dies",
        "published": "2026-10-06T00:57:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
}