"Situation under control": Russian authorities reassure public after plague reports in Siberia

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Russian authorities sought to reassure the public after reports of plague in Siberia, with the Irkutsk governor saying a laboratory assistant died of pneumonia of unknown origin. The Kremlin directed questions to Rospotrebnadzor, the country’s public health watchdog.

The governor of Irkutsk insists that the lab assistant died from "pneumonia of unknown origin", while the Kremlin passed questions to Rospotrebnadzor, stressing that "top professionals in this field work there".