# Russia lifts quarantine in Irkutsk region, where lab worker allegedly died of plague

https://mins.news/en/item/91959

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-08 18:33 UTC
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- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/russia-lifts-quarantine-in-irkutsk-region-where-lab-worker-allegedly-died-of-plague/

> Quarantine has been lifted in Russia’s Irkutsk region after a technician at a local anti-plague institute died on Oct. 2. Early reports raised the possibility that 28-year-old Darya Shipilova died of pneumonic plague following a laboratory accident. The governor said nearly 5,000 tests found no dangerous pathogens and that safety procedures had been confirmed.

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