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Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute

Russia dismisses second Siberian plague case reports as false media claims

Russia dismisses second Siberian plague case reports as false media claims

Moscow has dismissed reports of a second suspected infection in Siberia as false, while the WHO urges Russia to clarify media accounts following a lab worker's death.

World ·8 Oct 2026, 04:38 ·Leah Bennett 4 min read