# Russia and the world respond to possible pneumonic plague case after lab worker dies

https://mins.news/en/item/88309

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-06 16:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://bit.ly/4jF4POD

> Russia and other countries are responding after a laboratory worker died in a possible case of pneumonic plague. The World Health Organization says the risk outside Russia is “very low.”

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