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His comment came after a laboratory worker in Russia died following potential exposure to the disease.
The woman, 28, worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East and died in a hospital in Shelekhov, a town just outside Irkutsk, according to local media.
The hospital has been placed under quarantine and is no longer admitting or discharging patients, Mayor Maxim Modin said on October 2.
The WHO says the case poses a "very low" risk outside the country. #plague #russia #health
Date: October 6, 2026
