Darya Shipilova

Laboratory technician and researcher at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute

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Russian plague lab worker's death triggers quarantine in Siberia

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Deceased October 2, 2026

A 28-year-old lab technician at Russia's Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute was hospitalized on September 29 and died early on October 2. Officials say she had pneumonia of unknown cause; they have not confirmed plague.

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