HealthRussia denies plague death but quarantines hundreds without explanation

Rospotrebnadzor said 28-year-old Darya Shipilova died from “pneumonia of unknown aetiology” and had no work-related link to the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute. Despite that, authorities quarantined her contacts, confined 60 colleagues at the facility and restricted access to hospitals, including a maternity ward.

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