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Russian authorities say the situation in the region is stable (archive photo)

Video. Has plague returned to Siberia? Panic after lab worker's death

Updated: 04/10/2026 - 17:07 GMT+2

A female staff member at an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region who died amid rumours of a "black death" outbreak was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown origin". Rospotrebnadzor insists that the situation in the region is "stable".

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