Possible Plague Crisis in Siberia: Five Hospitals Placed Under Quarantine After Lab Tech Dies Following Test Tube Accident Containing Plague Bacteria
A 28-year-old technician at Russia’s Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute is dead, nearly 200 people are under medical observation, and five hospitals in the region have been reportedly slammed shut for quarantine, while the Kremlin’s health agency insists this is nothing but “pneumonia of unknown origin.” The Moscow Times identified the dead woman as Darya Shipilova, a laboratory worker at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East. The post Possible Plague Crisis in Siberia: Five Hospitals Placed Under Quarantine After Lab Tech Dies Following Test Tube Accident Containing Plague Bacteria appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
TL;DR
- A 28-year-old lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute died after allegedly handling live plague bacteria.
- Official Russian health agencies deny the death was due to plague, citing "pneumonia of unknown origin."
- Nearly 200 people are under medical observation, and five hospitals in the region have reportedly been quarantined.
- Conflicting reports and rumors are circulating, causing public concern and precautionary measures, such as mask mandates at a local aluminum plant.
- Pneumonic plague is a serious, communicable form of the disease that requires prompt antibiotic treatment.