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5 October 2026

Nearly 200 people under medical observation after Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague

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Source reporting: 7NEWS Australia

Nearly 200 people under medical observation after Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague

The female staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East died from a ‘pneumonia of undetermined’ origin last week, according to a regional governor.

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