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Russian officials say 'situation under control' after plague reports
Moscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, stressing that post-mortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation. Reports on Friday that plague had killed a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who h
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Both outlets center Russian plague reports and the official response, but they frame the story differently. France 24 foregrounds Moscow’s line that the “situation [is] under control” and says post-mortem tests did not detect plague; the Washington Post instead leads on U.S. officials seeking more details about the reported death and quarantines. Only France 24’s extract mentions the named technician and the specific denial.
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