The World Health Organization said that based on available information, "the public health risk to the general population appears to be low".

The World Health Organization said that based on available information, "the public health risk to the general population appears to be low".

Russia quarantined a hospital after a Siberian plague institute employee died with unknown pneumonia. The case has stirred plague fears, though officials say tests found no linked pathogen.

Outbreak control measures are underway after a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia died last week in undisclosed circumstances.

WASHINGTON, Oct 5 - US President Donald Trump on Monday at the White House told reporters that the United States will help Russia after a laboratory worker died at a plague research institute in Siberia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A female employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East has died from “pneumonia of undetermined origin."

A female employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East has died from “pneumonia of undetermined origin."

New-Delhi: The Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a 28-year-old laboratory