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This undated photo released by the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East, shows the institute workers in a lab. (The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East via AP)

A Russian report says a worker at a Siberian plague institute fell ill and died of an unknown cause

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Vadim Kostenko opens the car door for Dr. Veronica Arzhadeyeva in Irkutsk, Russia, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, as she leave the car to visit a patient. As the resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak hit Russia this fall, one of the most common complaints from people with virus symptoms who are self-isolating at home and are supposed to call a visiting doctor service has been waiting days for anyone to arrive. A group of volunteers came to the rescue, offering a simple service of driving medical workers to their house visits. Vadim Kostenko, a 37-year-old entrepreneur came up with the initiative. (AP Photo/Alexander Novikov)

Siberians fight the pandemic by giving weary doctors a lift

By YULIA ALEXEYEVA - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Aug. 28, 2019 photo, a Russian sailor visiting Sitka aboard another sailboat places pipes under the Russian inflatable catamaran sailboat Iskatel as it is is towed by skipper Anatoly Kazakevich to a spot on the parking lot near the University of Alaska campus in Sitka, Alaska. The boat is on a multi-year expedition from Lake Baikal in Siberia to Alaska. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)

Russian retraces historic route to Sitka

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8 die of alcohol poisoning in Russia; 10 others hospitalized

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