# Irkutsk hospitals impose quarantines after anti-plague institute employee dies

https://mins.news/en/item/85770

- Meduza, 2026-10-05 00:47 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/05/hospitals-in-irkutsk-impose-quarantines-after-an-employee-at-an-anti-plague-institute-dies-russia-s-public-health-agency-says-she-died-of-pneumonia-and-the-epidemiological-situation-remains-stable

> Several hospitals in Irkutsk have imposed three-week quarantines after Darya Shipilova, a laboratory technician at the city’s Anti-Plague Institute, died of what authorities called pneumonia of unknown cause. Rospotrebnadzor says the public health situation is stable and no work-related microorganisms were found, while local reports and doctors have raised the possibility of pneumonic plague.

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