# Worker at Russian plague lab dies; ‘anti-epidemic measures’ imposed

https://mins.news/en/video/86634

- CNN, 2026-10-05 14:47 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjKSQKN_cGc

> Russian authorities imposed “anti-epidemic measures” after a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute in Shelekhov, Siberia, died after being diagnosed with pneumonia of “unknown” origin, according to Rospotrebnadzor.

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