Quarantine ends in Siberia after lab technician's death raised plague concerns

Russian authorities lifted quarantine measures in the Irkutsk region after a 28-year-old laboratory technician, Darya Shipilova, died on Oct. 2. Initial reports suggested she might have contracted pneumonic plague from a lab accident, though officials described her illness as pneumonia of unknown origin. The regional governor said tests found no dangerous pathogens and that safety protocols had been followed.

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Darya Shipilova, 28, worked at the Anti-Plague Institute of Eastern Siberia and the Far East in Russia’s Irkutsk region. She died on Oct. 2. Quarantine there was lifted on Oct. 8, according to Russian state media. Early accounts linked her death to a possible laboratory accident and pneumonic plague, prompting concern.

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