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Fears of a pneumonic plague outbreak follow an Irkutsk lab employee's death last week. But the World Health Organization (WHO) says the risk is low.
Russia’s silence over the death of a lab worker underlines that pandemic preparedness amounts to nothing if information on threats is withheld, says public health expert Devi Sridhar
The Irkutsk incident highlights the shortcomings of international law around potentially harmful disease events, according to an expert in the region