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  "id": 13947656,
  "title": "Hong Kong steps up Russia arrival checks after Siberian lab worker’s death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hong-kong-steps-up-russia-arrival-checks-after-siberian-lab-workers-13947656",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-12T11:26:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3370621/hong-kong-steps-russia-arrival-checks-after-siberian-lab-workers-death"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hong Kong will step up health surveillance measures for arrivals after a laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia died from pneumonia, but authorities have stressed the risk to residents remains low. According to World Health Organization (WHO) information provided by Russian authorities, there was no evidence of ongoing transmission, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP)…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Hong Kong to expand indices, derivatives and yuan-denominated products: HKEX CEO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/hong-kong-to-expand-indices-derivatives-and-yuan-denominated-products",
        "published": "2026-10-12T11:07:25.000Z"
      }
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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."
}