# Is it plague? Accounts of Russian lab worker’s death keep changing

https://mins.news/en/item/89448

- BBC Chinese, 2026-10-07 10:24 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/articles/c8wy910lv7q6o/trad?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> The death of Daria Shipilova, a laboratory technician at a plague research centre in Siberia, prompted fears of a possible lab leak after Russian officials initially linked it to plague. Authorities later said she died of pneumonia of unknown cause and found no work-related microorganisms, while reports of a second victim and a St Petersburg lockdown remain unverified.

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