Russia Moves to Tamp Down Rumors About Plague Outbreak in Siberia NYT - World By: Ivan Nechepurenko 5 October 2026 at 14:40 The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note. © ReutersAn infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residents “not to spread rumors.”
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