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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague

First reported 2 Oct, 14:24 UTCUpdated 11h ago4 sources

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Alexei Tsydenov, head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, confirmed that the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.

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The Moscow Times
Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague

Alexei Tsydenov, head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, confirmed that the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.

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Daily Mail
Pneumonic plague outbreak hits Siberia as lab worker, 28, dies after breaking test tube and 200 people she was in contact with are put in quarantine

A female lab technician has died in Siberia of pneumonic plague after breaking a test tube, as at least 200 people are put under quarantine.

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  1. The Moscow TimesLean LeftNLHigh factuality
    Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague (opens The Moscow Times in a new tab)

    Alexei Tsydenov, head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, confirmed that the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague.

  2. MeduzaLean LeftLVHigh factuality
    Hospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports that a patient died of pneumonic plague (opens Meduza in a new tab)

    The inpatient department at a district hospital in Shelekhov, in Russia’s Irkutsk region, has been closed because one of its patients is suspected of having a “particularly dangerous infection.”

  3. Daily MailRightGBMixed factuality
    Pneumonic plague outbreak hits Siberia as lab worker, 28, dies after breaking test tube and 200 people she was in contact with are put in quarantine (opens Daily Mail in a new tab)

    A female lab technician has died in Siberia of pneumonic plague after breaking a test tube, as at least 200 people are put under quarantine.

  4. GB NewsFar RightGBMixed factuality
    Vladimir Putin accused of plague cover-up after scientist dies in 'Covid-style' outbreak (opens GB News in a new tab)

    Vladimir Putin has been accused of covering up an extraordinary outbreak of plague in Russia which has already claimed a life. The suspected outbreak in Siberia has left a young laboratory worker dead - and prompted authorities to place close to 200 people in isolation. Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab assistant at…

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