Event comparison
Figures come from stored claims. Historical published totals are not the same as evolving current intelligence.
EVOLVING CURRENT DATA
Suspected plague-related laboratory incident under investigation in Irkutsk Oblast
- Location
- Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
- Disease
- Plague
- Status
- DISPUTED
- Cases (stored claim)
- Rospotrebnadzor has not confirmed plague. Official diagnosis is pneumonia of unknown etiology.
- Deaths (stored claim)
- 1 people — A laboratory employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute was reported to have died after acute pneumonia. The cause is disputed.
- Transmission
- Not in database
- First signal
- 2026-09-25
- Latest update
- 2026-10-05
- Official actions
- Special anti-epidemic measures
- Geographic scope
- Irkutsk Oblast / Russia
HISTORICAL PUBLISHED
Madagascar plague outbreak, 2017
HISTORICAL FINAL — published WHO figures, not current intelligence.
- Location
- Madagascar, Madagascar
- Disease
- Plague
- Status
- RESOLVED
- Cases (stored claim)
- 2417 people — WHO reported 2,417 notified cases in the 2017 Madagascar plague outbreak (historical).
- Deaths (stored claim)
- 209 people — WHO reported 209 deaths in the 2017 Madagascar plague outbreak (historical).
- Transmission
- Not in database
- First signal
- 2017-08-01
- Latest update
- 2017-11-27
- Official actions
- None recorded
- Geographic scope
- Madagascar