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

https://mins.news/en/video/86519

- euronews, 2026-10-05 13:39 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3sYPESNzqg

> A female employee at an anti-plague institute in Russia’s Irkutsk region died amid rumours of a “Black Death” outbreak. Rospotrebnadzor says she was diagnosed with pneumonia of unknown origin and insists the situation in the region is stable.

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