HealthKremlin urges Russians to ignore ‘rumors’ of possible plague outbreak in Siberia

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov urged Russians to rely on official statements from Rospotrebnadzor amid reports of a possible plague outbreak in the Irkutsk region. The reports followed the death of an employee at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute; the agency said she died of “pneumonia of unknown cause.” U.S. and EU officials said they were closely monitoring developments.

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