# Nearly 200 quarantined after researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies

https://mins.news/en/video/86998

- CBC News, 2026-10-05 20:29 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1crLXNqAGk

> The researcher at a Russian anti-plague lab died several days after dropping a container holding bacteria capable of causing pneumonic plague. Quarantine now covers almost 200 people considered potentially exposed.

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