# Russian government downplays plague lab worker’s death; dozens quarantined

https://mins.news/en/video/86994

- CNN, 2026-10-05 20:31 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CumnsaQDu38

> A 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia in Shelekhov died after being diagnosed with pneumonia of “unknown” origin. Dozens of people were reportedly isolated, while the Russian government played down the significance of the death.

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