# WHO says public health risk appears low after Russian plague lab worker’s death

https://mins.news/en/video/88067

- CBS News, 2026-10-06 13:26 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1y_nikBmhA

> Russia says a worker at a plague research lab died last week of pneumonia with an unknown cause, raising worldwide concern. The WHO says the public health risk appears to be low.

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