Rumors Are Swirling of a Plague Outbreak in Russia. Hereβs What We Know.
The countryβs consumer watchdog has said only that βan employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Regionβ contracted pneumonia.
An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents βnot to spread rumors.β

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