Plague fears cause Russian hospitals to quarantine

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Five hospitals have been quarantined and hundreds of people are under observation in Russia after a lab worker studying the plague died of a mysterious illness. The 28-year-old woman reportedly told colleagues she had broken a test tube with live bacteria in it before coming down with a type of pneumonia. Conflicting messages from authorities have caused confusion some officials saying she died of the plague others insisting her diagnosis is unconfirmed. #plague #russia #virus #infection