Russia's deadly plague outbreak just got even more catastrophic. A second person has now died from the plague in Russia's Irkutsk region. Russia's independent outlet The Insider and Channel 5 have confirmed the second death. Now Russian journalists are accusing the government of covering up the second death. Channel 5 removed the broadcast. REN TV has also deleted all five of its publications. But the damage has already been done. Panic has broken out across Russia and several other countries. This is the same black death bacterium that killed millions of people in Europe during the Middle Ages. And now there are two deaths. Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan have tightened border health controls. America has urged all US citizens to leave Russia immediately. Level 4, Do Not Travel advisory for Russia has also been issued. Because the US government has limited ability to assist Americans outside Moscow. The CDC has warned that pneumonic plague can spread from person to person through close contact. The WHO has urged Russia to provide more information under the International Health Regulations after the second death. High threat pathogen experts in Geneva and Copenhagen are now being brought in. This is leading somewhere disastrous.

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