Russia Denies Plague, but China Is Issuing Health Warnings

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Russia denies a plague outbreak. So why is China issuing health warnings?
In just four months, China conducted at least eight plague-related emergency drills, including a joint exercise with Russia attended by the director of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute. Weeks later, a young laboratory technician at that institute died under mysterious circumstances.
Now, Chinese local governments are issuing plague advisories, one official warning has been deleted, and Hong Kong and Macau have stepped up traveler monitoring. Meanwhile, pneumonic plague is trending on Chinese social media.
Is China simply preparing for a potential health threat, or does it know something the public doesn't? We examine the drills, the warnings, and the unanswered questions surrounding Russia's mysterious lab death.

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