Moscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of Plague, stressing that postmortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation. Reports on Friday that Plague had killed a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who had been working for the Plague-institute" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="213818" data-entity-type="organization">anti-Plague institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, sparked alarm. The news outlet People of Baikal, citing unnamed sources close to the regional security services, said she may...
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MON · 2026-10-05 · 17:14 GMTBRIEF NSR-2026-1005-116535
NSR-2026-1005-116535News Report·EN·Public Health
After plague death reports at Siberia lab, Russia says situation under control
Russia has stated that a reported death of a laboratory technician from plague at a Siberian institute is under control. Reports emerged on Friday that Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old technician at an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region, had died of the disease.
Agence France-PresseSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-10-05 · 17:14 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min
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Russia has stated that a reported death of a laboratory technician from plague at a Siberian institute is under control. Reports emerged on Friday that Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old technician at an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk region, had died of the disease. However, Moscow downplayed these reports on Monday, asserting that postmortem tests had not detected plague. The United States is closely monitoring the situation. The initial reports cited unnamed sources close to regional security services.
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The United States is closely monitoring the situation regarding the plague reports.
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Russia downplayed reports of a laboratory technician dying of plague, stating postmortem tests did not detect the disease.
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Reports emerged on Friday that plague had killed a 28-year-old woman working at an anti-plague institute in Siberia.
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The deceased technician was identified as Darya Shipilova.
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