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US embassy warns Americans in Russia over suspected plague case

Stanisław Kaleta

07.10.2026, 10:58

Dozens were quarantined after a worker at a Siberian plague research institute fell ill and died. Photo: — Dozens were quarantined after a worker at a Siberian plague research institute fell ill and died. Photo: PAP/Grzegorz Michałowski; Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The US reiterated advice that its citizens in Russia should leave immediately.