# Should we be worried about Russia’s plague lab death?

https://mins.news/en/video/88551

- BBC News, 2026-10-06 19:00 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4bzbzEPWqo

> A 28-year-old Russian laboratory technician who worked at a plague research centre in Siberia has died. The US is urging Russia to provide more information, while the World Health Organization says the apparent public-health risk is low. The video examines what is known, official Russian comments and how pneumonic plague spreads.

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