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Source: Sky News
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Last updated: October 7, 2026 12:37 PM EDT
The World Health Organization briefs on the death of a 28-year-old lab worker at a Siberian plague research institute in Irkutsk, Russia; WHO has assessed the public-health risk as low while pressing Russia for more information about the pathogen. About 200 contacts are under medical observation.