HealthRussian Plague Researcher Dies Amid Conflicting Reports
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia, died on October 2 under unclear circumstances. Initial reports claimed she died from plague, later revised to "possibly" plague, while Russia's health watchdog stated she died from pneumonia of unknown cause. Nearly 200 people are quarantined amid fears of pneumonic plague spread following a suspected lab accident.
HT World··Irkutsk




