Did Russia make Europe panic without firing a missile? EU terrified after Siberian plague incident

The European Union says it is closely monitoring reports of a laboratory worker’s death at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, after Russian authorities quarantined a hospital and placed contacts under medical observation. While unconfirmed reports raised fears of pneumonic plague, Russia says testing found no link to the pathogens handled at the facility, with the EU assessing the infection risk to Europe as very low.