Moscow, Oct 8, 2026 (AFP) - Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague case

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Russia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region said Thursday. "Medical monitoring of all contacts has... concluded," Governor Igor Kobzev said on Russia's state-backed social platform Max. "No health issues related to infectious disease were detected." Russia has not confirmed the woman died of plague, and Kobzev said i......

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