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Taiwan to monitor plague rumors after lab worker death
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- Premier Cho Jung-tai said the government will monitor online rumors of pneumonic plague spreading from Russia to China.
- He added the government may strengthen quarantine measures if needed.
- Health Minister Shih Chung-liang said Taiwan contacted WHO to verify Oct. 2 death of a lab worker at Russia’s Irkutsk Institute.
- Shih noted no pathogen tests have returned positive results, so plague cannot yet be confirmed as the cause.