Reports emerge after Russia’s consumer, health watchdog diagnoses employee of Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute with 'pneumonia of unknown etiology'
Reports emerge after Russia’s consumer, health watchdog diagnoses employee of Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute with 'pneumonia of unknown etiology'
Authorities say tests found no microorganisms linked to woman’s professional activities, local media reports quarantines, mask mandate amid unconfirmed plague claims05 October 2026