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Ria Pathak

Russia Plague 'Second Death' Claim Grows as Reports Disappear and Official Accounts Change

Darya Shipilova, a laboratory technician at an anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk, died after developing severe pneumonia as authorities monitored nearly 200 contacts (Credit: Gustavo Fring/Pexels)

A claim that a second person has died amid Russia's unexplained plague-institute scare is spreading online as deleted reports and changing official statements fuel questions over what happened in Siberia.

According to reports, only one death, laboratory technician Darya Shipilova, has been confirmed.

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