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Russia's public health watchdog denies second infection in suspected plague case

08 Oct 2026, 10:34 UTC · 3 independent sources
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🚨 RUSSIA DENIES SECOND INFECTION CASE Russia’s health regulator denied on Thursday that someone fell ill after contact with a worker at a plague research laboratory in Siberia who died last week. Russia also denied that a second case of an infectious disease had emerged. Public health watchdog officials denied the lab worker had spread infection to another person. Source: The Straits Times, Sky News, abcnews.com #Russia #plague #publichealthwatchdog

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