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Nearly 200 Monitored After Siberian Lab Worker Dies
A worker at a laboratory in Siberia has died.
The lab studies dangerous diseases, including plague.
Reports say she may have become ill after a test tube broke, but officials have not confirmed what illness she had.
Authorities have quarantined medical facilities and are watching nearly 200 people.
So far, no one being monitored has shown symptoms.
Their tests have also come back negative.
Russian authorities quarantined medical facilities in Siberia after a laboratory worker died.
Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation.
The worker was identified as Daria Shipilova, 28, a laboratory assistant at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
Russian media reported she may have had pneumonic plague, but health authorities had not confirmed the illness.
Local reports said she broke a test tube containing bacteria; Governor Igor Kobzev said those monitored had no symptoms and tests were negative.
- Who
- Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory assistant, and nearly 200 people under observation.
- What
- Shipilova died, and authorities quarantined medical facilities and placed nearly 200 people under medical observation amid reports of suspected pneumonic plague.
- Where
- Siberia, Russia; Shipilova worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
- When
- Why
- Local reports said she broke a test tube containing bacteria; authorities took precautions after her death and reports of possible plague.
Reports of Possible Plague
Official Confirmation and Test Results
Cause of illness
Reports of Possible Plague
Russian media reported that Shipilova may have had pneumonic plague, and local reports said she broke a test tube containing bacteria.
Official Confirmation and Test Results
Health authorities had not confirmed that she had plague.
Risk to contacts
Reports of Possible Plague
Authorities quarantined medical facilities and placed nearly 200 people under observation as a precaution.
Official Confirmation and Test Results
Governor Igor Kobzev said those being monitored had no symptoms and their tests so far were negative.
Key facts
- Person
- Daria Shipilova, 28
- Occupation
- Laboratory assistant
- Workplace
- Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East
- People monitored
- Nearly 200
- Reported illness
- Possible pneumonic plague; not confirmed by health authorities
- Reported incident
- Local reports said Shipilova broke a test tube containing bacteria
- Status of people monitored
- No symptoms reported; tests so far were negative, according to Governor Igor Kobzev
Sources
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