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- A 28-year-old lab worker died of severe pneumonia at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute on Oct. 2, 2026.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency has asked Russia for information about the pneumonia’s cause.
- WHO assessed the public-health risk as low for Irkutsk and Russia, and very low for Europe.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio formally requested additional information from Russia via a diplomatic note.