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Russia pneumonic plague outbreak October 2026
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FIRST ENTRY OCT 05
OCT 05 · Day 1
Suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, lab worker dies and nearly 200 hospitalized
Rospotrebnadzor said the sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region and the cities of Irkutsk and Shelekhov remained stable.
A Trump administration official said the White House is aware of and monitoring the outbreak and assessing options.
Local media reported the employee had fallen ill with suspected pneumonic plague after returning from a work trip to Buryatia, where an outbreak had been reported near the border with Mongolia.