# Russia’s public health watchdog denies second infection in suspected plague case

https://mins.news/en/item/91189

- ABC News, 2026-10-08 10:34 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://abcnews.com/International/wireStory/russias-public-health-watchdog-denies-infection-suspected-pneumonic-137088923

> As global concern grew over suspected pneumonic plague, Russia’s public health watchdog denied that a laboratory worker who died in Siberia had infected another person.

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