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Darya Shipilova is said to have been exposed to the pathogen while working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia

Hundreds of people have been placed into quarantine in Siberia after a laboratory worker died of suspected plague, according to reports.

Darya Shipilova, an employee at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, was exposed to the bacteria after she accidentally broke a test tube containing the pathogen while she was collecting samples, the Kyiv Independent reported.

She was hospitalised on 29 September with severe pneumonia of "unknown origin” and placed on a ventilator, but died shortly after.

Independent Russian outlet Lyudi Baikal reported that several hospitals in the city of Irkutsk had closed for a three-week quarantine.

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[-] derpgon@programming.dev 41 points 9 hours ago

Many possible explanations.

  • Russia lying again to justify death of someome they wanted dead
  • Russia lying again to try to scare the world into thinking they have some unknown bioweapon
  • Russia lying again that this whole ordeal happened to make the world think they have scientists working on bioweapons
[-] mobyduck648@lemmy.world 20 points 8 hours ago

Let's not discount the possibility of creaking Soviet-era equipment that should have been replaced decades ago but the money was non-existent/spent corruptly/not enough to touch the sides of the neglect/delete as appropriate.

We're talking about the country which operates the poor Kuznetsov which has been begging for death for many years.

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 2 points 4 hours ago

Hopefully Ukraine will grant it mercy and eternal rest 🙏

[-] diaphragmwp@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 7 hours ago

Nah, they made their own equipment. That's worse.

[-] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 7 hours ago
  • Russia doing stupid fucking shit. Again.
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