# WHO says Russia reported no plague cases in Irkutsk but has not identified fatal pathogen

https://mins.news/en/video/88785

- Global News, 2026-10-06 22:31 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvUQVNrRc8E

> The World Health Organization says Russian authorities reported Tuesday that no plague cases had been recorded in Siberia’s Irkutsk Oblast. The statement follows reports that a laboratory worker died of suspected pneumonic plague, while Russia has not identified the pathogen that caused the death to the WHO.

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