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Lab assistant at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute reportedly broke a tube of live bacteria on Sep 25, was hospitalized with severe pneumonia on Sep 29 and died Oct 1–2. District hospital quarantined; ~189 contacts under 3-week observation. Contacts so far test negative.
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- Russia says plague institute worker's death does not risk an epidemicNews · Reuters — 7 Oct 2026
- ‘No plague case’ in Siberia, Russia tells WHO as assessments continueNews · UN News — 7 Oct 2026
- Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and diedNews · AP News — 5 Oct 2026
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- Suspected plague incident leaves 1 dead, 200 under quarantine in SiberiaNews · CIDRAP — 5 Oct 2026
- Russia: 189 people under observation after lab worker dies of possible pneumonic plagueNews · Outbreak News Today — 2 Oct 2026
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WHO — 25 Sep 2026