Plague

All reports · Bacterium · Not confirmed · Update 7 October 2026

• 7 October 2026 · New

  WHO and the United States asked Russia for more information about a laboratory worker’s death. The Kremlin said reports of a pneumonic plague infection were false. The earlier Siberia report stays unconfirmed.

  Reported by CIDRAP

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  https://x.com/CIDRAP/status/2107933043893711117

• 5 October 2026 · New

  Siberia, one death, about 200 people under observation. The cause is not confirmed.

  Reported by CIDRAP

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  https://x.com/CIDRAP/status/2107206827591033008

• 5 October 2026

  Siberia: one death, about 200 people under observation. Not confirmed as plague.

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