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A global treaty signed by 197 countries — including Russia — requires reporting any death that could be a sign of an outbreak to come.
Key details are unknown, including whether the woman, who worked at a lab in Siberia, was infected with plague at all.
Russia says it followed international procedures in notifying the World Health Organization (WHO) about the death of a plague lab worker.