Russia isolates nearly 200 people after reported plague death at Irkutsk lab

Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia

The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.

Russian hospitals and residents quarantined amid plague outbreak

Darya Shipilova, 28, was working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Siberia when she was exposed to the pathogen. She was admitted to hospital on September 29 but died two days later.

Researcher at Russian plague laboratory dies of ‘unknown’ infection

By Tim Lister and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities are responding to an incident in which a suspected dangerous infection was released as a result of a laboratory accident in Siberia and a researcher died.The incident occurred at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk, according to Russian state media TASS.It is

Black Death scare as officials claim scientist died from ‘unknown’ pneumonia

Multiple pro-Putin and independent media outlets, as well as a regional governor, claimed she had died from the ‘Black Death’ plague, but that claim has now been denied

Has plague returned to Siberia? Panic after lab worker's death

A female staff member at an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region who died amid rumours of a "black death" outbreak was diagnosed with "pneumonia of unknown origin". Rospotrebnadzor insists that the situation in the region is "stable".