A three-week quarantine has been imposed in four hospitals and one maternity hospital in the Irkutsk region following the death of a laboratory technician from the anti-plague institute, raising concerns about pneumonic plague, although authorities report stable sanitary conditions.

A three-week quarantine has been imposed in four hospitals and one maternity hospital in the Irkutsk region following the death of a laboratory technician from the anti-plague institute, raising concerns about pneumonic plague, although authorities report stable sanitary conditions.

@meduzalive 04 Oct 2026, 11:48

Rospotrebnadzor reported a stable sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Irkutsk region, despite a case of pneumonia in an employee of the anti-plague institute and rumors of a possible plague.

@varlamov_news 04 Oct 2026, 10:10

A quarantine has been introduced in several hospitals in the Irkutsk region following the death of a laboratory assistant from the plague, but the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing reports a stable sanitary and epidemiological situation.

@ostorozhno_novosti 04 Oct 2026, 09:47