# UN health agency seeks more information from Russia on suspected pneumonic plague case

https://mins.news/en/video/90415

- France 24 English, 2026-10-07 21:24 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvBMKFm299Q

> A senior World Health Organization official said Wednesday that the agency does not know how a lab worker in Siberia died and called on Russia to share more details about a suspected pneumonic plague case that has raised global concerns.

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