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Plague research institute worker dies of pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast

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An employee of an anti-plague institute has died from pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast, leading authorities to place a district hospital under quarantine. The woman had recently returned from a work trip to Buryatia, where a natural focus of the infection among ground squirrels was previously detected near the Mongolian border. The infection status of her colleagues in the department remains unconfirmed.

Category: disease-outbreak · Location: Irkutsk Oblast

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Global Event Monitor. Plague research institute worker dies of pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast. 2026-10-02T10:47:37.828Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:4387. https://global.eventmonitor.net/record/4387/revision/40a6c673028b9d5aa3fb07053bee710bd210de2e12d0e71b70bb609b7a303488

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