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otherOct 5, 2026

Health situation in Russia’s Irkutsk Region remains stable — health watchdog

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Earlier, rumors circulated online that an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region had allegedly been diagnosed with plague. The information was not confirmed

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