🇷🇺 Euronews: Almost 200 people are under medical surveillance in Siberia after the death of a 28-year-old worker at an anti-epidemic research institute, amid fears of a possible lung epidemic.

🇷🇺 Euronews: Almost 200 people are under medical surveillance in Siberia after the death of a 28-year-old worker at an anti-epidemic research institute, amid fears of a possible lung epidemic.

Local reports say she may have accidentally broken a test tube containing Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes the plague. According to reports, some hospitals have introduced quarantine measures.

However, Russian health authorities say tests have found no work-related pathogen and have officially diagnosed her with "pneumonia of unknown origin", insisting her condition remains stable.