Fears of a Plague Outbreak in Russia: What to Know

NYT World Wednesday 07 October 2026, 19:30 UTC By The New York Times 1 min read

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A security person looks out the door of an infectious diseases hospital in the Russian town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute died.

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