# Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague as 200 enter medical observation

https://mins.news/en/item/86071

- NBC News, 2026-10-05 07:58 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/russia-plague-suspected-lab-worker-dies-200-medical-observation-rcna601559

> Almost 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Siberia region after a 28-year-old laboratory worker died. Local media reports say the worker may have been exposed to pneumonic plague.

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