No Plague, Russia Claims, Despite Lab Worker’s Mysterious Death
Russian health officials said tests found no plague among contacts, while nearly 200 people were initially quarantined after the lab technician’s death.
- On Friday, Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute, died at Shelekhov District Hospital, with Russia's national health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor attributing her death to "pneumonia of unknown aetiology."
- Authorities quarantined nearly 200 of Shipilova's contacts and confined more than 60 colleagues inside the institute without public explanation, despite Rospotrebnadzor insisting the sanitary situation in Irkutsk remained calm.
- Buryatia head Alexei Tsydenov initially claimed Shipilova died of "possibly plague," contradicting national officials, while Rospotrebnadzor denies unofficial reports that she broke a test tube containing the pathogen.
- The World Health Organization is monitoring the situation and assesses risks as "moderate to low" for Irkutsk, while Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan strengthened border controls and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Russia to "share more information with the world."
- Unverified reports in the Daily Mail allege a second death occurred at an infection zone hospital, while the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control told Euronews it was "closely following the situation.
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A young woman has died in Irkutsk. The circumstances of her death, her work in a plague laboratory and her past sins make it hard to stop the speculation. Donald Trump is among those who want answers.
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bienpublic.comAfter the death of a technician working at a pest control institute, Moscow denied any outbreak in Irkutsk. But Washington officially called for "more information" in Moscow.
The Russian health agency replied that it had provided information on the situation to WHO.
The Russian authorities deny that there is a plague outbreak, but their reluctance to provide information actually fuels the rumors. "It underscores a fundamental weakness of a regime that is increasingly built on censorship and lies."
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