Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague
Nearly 200 contacts were monitored and a district hospital was quarantined after the lab worker’s death, officials said.
- On Friday, authorities in Siberia's Irkutsk region confirmed a laboratory worker, Darya Shipilova, died from plague after accidentally breaking a test tube containing live bacteria while collecting samples.
- Shipilova was hospitalized Tuesday with severe pneumonia symptoms in Shelekhov, a town near Irkutsk's regional capital, and died Thursday after being placed on a ventilator.
- Alexei Tsydenov, head of the neighboring Buryatia republic, confirmed the infection was isolated and stated no plague outbreaks exist in his region, including areas bordering Mongolia.
- Irkutsk region Governor Igor Kobzev urged public calm after meeting with Rospotrebnadzor chief Anna Popova to coordinate emergency containment measures. At least 197 people were placed under medical observation.
- Russia's most recent recorded plague case occurred in 2016, when a 10-year-old child in the Altai Republic fell ill. Global figures showed 3,248 plague cases from 2010 to 2015.
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In the Russian region of Irkutsk in eastern Siberia, a woman died as a result of a plague disease. The 28-year-old is said to have infected herself in a laboratory.
A woman died of plague in the Irkutsk region of Siberia, in eastern Russia, announced on Friday a regional official, while several publications reported that nearly 200 people were placed in quarantine. The local press identified the woman as Daria Chipilova, an older laboratory technician...
The woman at the time of hospital told the medical staff that she accidentally broke a test tube that contained live bacteria while taking samples for analysis. The news confirmed by Alexei Tsydenov, head of the nearby republic of Buriazia
The woman allegedly told hospital staff that she had accidentally broken a test tube containing live bacteria,
A LABORATORY worker in Siberia's Irkutsk region has died of plague after a laboratory accident. Nearly 200 people who came into contact with her have been isolated and authorities have launched an investigation.
The plague is considered a scourge of humanity. Europe is plague-free at the end of the Third Pandemic in the middle of the 20th century. But in Russia, a 28-year-old is infected with the deadly pathogen.
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