# Has plague returned to Siberia? Panic in Russia after lab worker’s death

https://mins.news/en/item/85453

- euronews, 2026-10-04 15:07 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/04/has-plague-returned-to-siberia-panic-in-russia-after-death-of-lab-worker

> Rumours of a “Black Death” outbreak have spread in Russia after a female employee at an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region died. She was diagnosed with “pneumonia of unknown origin”, while Rospotrebnadzor says the situation in the region is “stable”.

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