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Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak? – podcast

The Guardian Science · 6 October 2026 at 18:42

Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak? – podcast

Several hospitals in eastern Russia are under quarantine after a lab worker fell ill at a plague research centre following a reported accident and died.

Russia’s health watchdog has said Darya Shipilova, 28, died of ‘pneumonia of unknown aetiology’, but there is speculation about a possible plague infection.

Science Weekly co-host Madeleine Finlay tells Lucy Hough, the host of Today in Focus: The Latest, how concerned we should be Continue reading...

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Today in Focus: Should we be worried about a plague outbreak? – podcast

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