Where is Irkutsk (Russia) located ?
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23/10/26 [Izvestia] > A bear tried to get into a school near Irkutsk through a drainpipe : In the village of Zalog, Kachugsky district, Irkutsk region, on the night of Friday, October 23, a wild bear tried to enter the building of a local school. According to the regional branch of the ...
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20/10/26 [WRAL on MSN] > Fact-check: Does a Russian lab worker's death carry pandemic risk? : Reports of a cluster of severe pneumonia cases and deaths would be worrying, as would expanding quarantine measures and Russian authorities refusing outside investigators. So far, there are no such ...
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15/10/26 [The New York Times] > Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery : A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy ...
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14/10/26 [The Hill on MSN] > Opinion: Is Russia playing deadly games with the plague? Look to its history. : Following reports of a suspicious death and quarantine at Russia's Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute, analysts are calling for transparency and international investigation amidst historical ...
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08/10/26 [The Moscow Times on MSN] > Regions calling: In Irkutsk, locals ask 'What plague?' : Hello and welcome to Regions Calling, your guide to developments beyond the Russian capital from The Moscow Times. The death of a lab worker at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region ...
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07/10/26 [CNN on MSN] > Russia says no epidemic risk as WHO pushes for transparency on plague lab death : Russia’s health watchdog said Wednesday there is no risk of an epidemic following the death of a laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia, even as the World Health ...
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06/10/26 [Outlook India] > Why A Suspected Plague Case At Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute Raised Bioweapons Questions : A laboratory worker died after developing pneumonia, while reports of a possible plague exposure remain unconfirmed and Russia faces scrutiny over its biological-weapons history.
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05/10/26 [Geo News] > Russia's pneumonic plague case update: What we know so far about Irkutsk incident : The White House and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague incident in Russia's Irkutsk region after a 28-year-old laboratory researcher died ...
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05/10/26 [Associated Press] > Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died : Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian plague case raises concern, but experts ...
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04/10/26 [CNBC] > Russia hospitalizes almost 200 people after researcher's death from plague: Reports : Nearly 200 people are under medical observation in Russia’s Irkutsk region over suspected exposure to plague, according to local media reports.