Darya Shipilova is said to have been exposed to the pathogen while working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia
Hundreds of people have been placed into quarantine in Siberia after a laboratory worker died of suspected plague, according to reports.
Darya Shipilova, an employee at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, was exposed to the bacteria after she accidentally broke a test tube containing the pathogen while she was collecting samples, the Kyiv Independent reported.
She was hospitalised on 29 September with severe pneumonia of "unknown origin” and placed on a ventilator, but died shortly after.
Independent Russian outlet Lyudi Baikal reported that several hospitals in the city of Irkutsk had closed for a three-week quarantine.
I bet I know what this mystery virus is
The articles says it’s not a virus:
Why does it say virus in the title?
It’s said to be yersina pestis there, the black death, but an airborne strain that causes septicimia within a day if not treated.
I would imagine that is from gain of function research they’ve been doing.
It’s like bills with titles that say the opposite of what they achieve.
Should be Pro-Plague Research Institute