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WHO requested additional information from Russia following the death of an employee of the plague research institute in Irkutsk

WHO requested additional information from Russia following the death of an employee of the plague research institute in Irkutsk

Published on: 2026-10-07

Source: United Nations – United Nations –

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The World Health Organization (WHO) is actively monitoring the situation following the report of the death of an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, who died on October 2, 2026, after being hospitalized with severe pneumonia. This was announced on Wednesday by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on the social network X.

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