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  "id": 14137659,
  "title": "Hong Kong enacts pneumonia checks for arrivals from Russia after mystery lab death",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/hong-kong-enacts-pneumonia-checks-for-arrivals-from-russia-after-14137659",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T06:09:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hong Kong Free Press",
    "slug": "hong-kong-free-press-hongkongfp",
    "url": "https://hongkongfp.com/2026/10/13/hong-kong-enacts-pneumonia-checks-for-arrivals-from-russia-after-mystery-lab-death/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) has stepped up checks for arrivals from Russia after a lab worker in Siberia died from severe pneumonia of undetermined causes earlier this month. The World Health Organization (WHO) became aware of the death at the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute on October 2, according to a statement on […]",
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        "published": "2026-10-13T06:09:13.000Z"
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