Trump’s nightmare begins: Rubio warns Russian lab plague 'could quickly spread', what went wrong?

Published on Oct 06, 2026 01:57 am IST

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington is closely monitoring the death of a laboratory worker at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia. The 28-year-old worker reportedly died of pneumonia, while quarantine measures were imposed amid concerns over a possible infection inside the plague research facility, raising questions about what happened at the high-security institute.

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