Brief Published (Dubai time, UTC+4) · event date: 2026-10-07
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United States, and the European Union called on Russia on Wednesday, October 7, to demonstrate greater transparency following the death of a laboratory technician working at an institute studying the plague.
These calls come amid reports of a possible second suspected plague case in Russia.
Meanwhile, the Russian public health agency asserts that no health disturbances related to an infectious disease have been detected.