HealthHospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports of patient’s suspected pneumonic plague death
A district hospital’s inpatient department in Shelekhov, Russia’s Irkutsk region, has been placed under quarantine after a patient was suspected of having a “particularly dangerous infection.” Media reports said 28-year-old Darya Shipilova died of pneumonic plague, though no official death announcement has been made. Nearly 200 contacts were reportedly monitored, including 189 hospitalized for observation.
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Hospital in Russia’s Irkutsk region quarantined amid reports of patient’s suspected pneumonic plague death