# Russia plague lab death ‘doesn’t add up’: What doctors know so far

https://mins.news/en/video/87289

- CNN, 2026-10-06 02:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ek9PxisCFM

> A 28-year-old laboratory researcher at Russia’s Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute died from pneumonia of an “unknown” origin. Several others are quarantined in Siberia. Rospotrebnadzor has played down a connection between her death and her work, but the case has raised questions about the form of plague that causes pneumonia.

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