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Rubio Says He Doesn’t Think Death Linked to Russian Plague Lab Is Cause for Alarm

  • On Tuesday, U.S. officials confirmed they are closely monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague death in Russia's Irkutsk region, where a 28-year-old laboratory worker died last week from "pneumonia of unknown etiology."
  • Darya Shipilova, a technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, fell ill on September 29 and died days later, prompting authorities to quarantine the Shelekhov hospital amid unconfirmed reports of a laboratory accident involving Yersinia pestis.
  • Russian public health agency Rospotrebnadzor placed nearly 200 contacts under medical observation; officials deny any laboratory accident and state that testing detected "no microorganisms associated with the woman's professional activities" in her samples.
  • Washington is watching the situation "very closely," Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, urging transparency while the U.S. State Department noted that "many details have not been confirmed."
  • Assessing the public health risk as low, the World Health Organization noted no wider outbreak has been confirmed; experts emphasize that prompt antibiotic treatment is effective for suspected plague cases.
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The US Embassy in Moscow issued a health alert for its citizens on Tuesday, October 6, due to reports of suspected pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region. It is advising its citizens to leave the country as soon as possible. The embassy says it is monitoring media reports of one death and quarantine measures and hospital closures in Irkutsk. The US government […] The post What's happening with the plague in Russia? Americans to their citizens: L…

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Russia should share more information about a plague lab worker who died last week, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday. The US embassy in Moscow has warned its citizens in Russia about the plague.

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Rusija bi trebala podijeliti više informacija about prošlotjej smrti laboratorijske radnice, rekao je u utorak američki državni tajnik Marco Rubio, dododući da Washington "vrlo pozno" prati situaciju. Laborantica sibirskog instituta za istraživanje kuge razboljela se i u petak […] Objava Što se događa u Rusija? Laborantica died at the institute za kugu, deseci ljudi završili u karanteni pojavila se prvi puta on Novi list.

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Russia is covering up the suspected plague outbreak. Now the US is issuing a formal warning to Vladimir Putin. – It may be bigger than we think, says Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

·Stockholm, Sweden
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babel.ua broke the news on Monday, October 5, 2026.
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