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url: https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/russia-plague-scare-dangerous-infection-that-killed-one-may-have-been-released-after-researcher-broke-a-test-tube-heres-what-we-know/ar-AA2dywnv
captured_at: 2026-10-04T18:01:03.616Z
title: Russia plague scare: 'Dangerous infection' that killed one may have been released after researcher broke a test tube. Here's what we know

In a shocking incident, a female researcher from the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute has died due to severe pneumonia of unknown cause. Close to 200 people who could have been exposed are being ...