Pneumonic Plague by Country
Countries with 2026 pneumonic plague reports.
Updated · 1 country on file. Each strip is one day from the first report to the last: red a death, amber a case, blue pending, grey nothing new reported.
Countries on file
The countries on file, on the world map
- Deaths
- Cases
- Pending Unconfirmed reports and contacts under observation
Sources
7 of 27 on fileEvery non-zero figure is traced to a named source. These are the numbered sources that stated the figures on the cards above, from the sources page. The numbering is the site's, so [1] here is [1] everywhere else. A day on which nothing new was reported carries zeros and needs no source.
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[1]
Meduza
Shelekhov district hospital inpatient department quarantined; the worker named as Darya Shipilova, 28; admitted Sep 29; nearly 200 contacts with 189 hospitalized; officials named
Oct 2, 2026
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[2]
The Moscow Times
At least 197 potential contacts placed under isolation, more than 100 in hospital wards; Governor Igor Kobzev's statement that contacts show no signs of illness and test negative; attribution to Lyudi Baikala, REN TV and Govorit_NeMoskva.
Oct 2, 2026
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[23]
UNITED24 Media
Russian media report of a second death amid the suspected outbreak: an unidentified person allegedly died at an Irkutsk district hospital. Attributed to the Daily Mail.
Oct 6, 2026
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[24]
Euronews (Oct 7)
WHO Director-General Tedros asked Moscow to clarify "media reports of a second staff member with pneumonia of unclear origin"; Kremlin spokesman Peskov said "the overwhelming majority of what the media are reporting around this situation is false information".
Oct 7, 2026
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[25]
Al Jazeera (Oct 8)
Russia dismissed reports of a second plague case as false information; Rospotrebnadzor said no infections were detected among staff; WHO urged a formal response.
Oct 8, 2026
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[26]
Newsweek (Oct 7)
WHO said it has not been able to confirm media reports of a second death and warned of missing information as Trump planned a call with Putin.
Oct 7, 2026
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[27]
Interfax (Oct 7)
Rospotrebnadzor: nearly 5,000 laboratory tests found no dangerous pathogens, and more than 90% of contacts have completed medical observation.
Oct 7, 2026
interfax.ru ↗ (opens in a new tab)
What each form of plague does to a patient is on the symptoms page, and the antibiotics and timing are on the treatment page. The dated record of the whole event is on the timeline.