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Russia's Plague Lab 'Biohazard' Scare
Reports said a 28-year-old female technician at a Russian anti-plague institute died of pneumonic plague after breaking a vial, with up to 200 contacts quarantined. Japanese forums jumped to bioweapon and Ukraine-war speculation and recalled the early days of Wuhan. But a sizable group pushed back with medical facts — plague is treatable with antibiotics, and quarantine is standard for pneumonic cases. That the vial was the infection source, and any official Russian confirmation, remain unestablished.