# Siberia plague outbreak is an ‘isolated incident’, virologist says

https://mins.news/en/video/89225

- euronews, 2026-10-07 07:17 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrW9J-MFe0g

> Belgian virologist Marc Van Ranst describes the plague outbreak in Siberia as an “isolated incident”. He says plague cases are reported each year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Madagascar, but adds that the laboratory link makes this episode “a little more serious”.

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