Update: Russia tells WHO there is 'no plague case' in Siberia
Oct. 7, 2026 — This updates our Oct. 6 report on a suspected plague death in Siberia. Russian regulators told the World Health Organization there was no evidence that pneumonic plague played a part in the death of a lab technician in Irkutsk and that no pathogens had been detected, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. About 200 of her contacts were placed in quarantine. WHO has asked Russia for lab results and for details on media reports of a second suspicious pneumonia death in the region.
The wall: What caused the technician's death has not been stated.
Tier: Reported (based on UN News' account of WHO's statement relaying Russia's regulators)
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