×
×
Tuesday
27
Oct 2026
weather symbol
Athens 14°C

> pneumonic plague

> pneumonic plague

No pathogen detected in immediate circle around 28-year-old researcher who died at Siberian plague institute

Russian authorities say almost 5,000 laboratory tests found no dangerous pathogen among those who had contact with a 28-year-old researcher who died at a Siberian plague institute, with the regional governor attributing her death to unrelated pneumonia

Kremlin says WHO was notified of Siberian plague institute death as US calls for greater openness

The Kremlin says it informed the WHO of a Siberian plague institute worker's death through the usual channels, as Washington asks for more openness and the WHO rates the wider risk as low

WHO seeks information from Russia on reports of second laboratory worker with pneumonia

Russia’s public health agency announced yesterday that no cases of plague had been detected among anyone who had come into contact with the laboratory worker at a Siberian anti-plague institute, who died last week