# Plague death triggers quarantine and mask mandates in Russia’s Irkutsk region

https://mins.news/en/item/85598

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-04 18:42 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/plague-death-triggers-quarantine-mask-mandates-in-russias-irkutsk-region-in-siberia/

> Preventive measures, including quarantines and mask mandates, were introduced at an aluminum plant in Shelekhov and several hospitals in Irkutsk after laboratory technician Darya Shipilova reportedly died of plague on Oct. 2. Russian officials have been vague about the risk, while the regional governor described her illness as pneumonia of unknown origin and said contacts were being monitored.

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