Russia denies imposing anti-plague measures after lab worker death

Russia denies plague cases after laboratory technician’s death; US demands ‘transparency’ as WHO monitors situation.Published On 6 Oct 20266 Oct 2026Russian authorities have denied that they imposed anti-plague measures after a laboratory technician died of suspected pneumonic plague in a case which has drawn international scrutiny.Russian media reported that a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who had been working at the Irkutsk Anti-plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, died from suspected pneumonic plague on Friday.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Bubonic plague in China not a high risk: WHOlist 2 of 3China plague claims third victimlist 3 of 3Madagascar has the plague: What you should knowend of listRospotrebnadzor, Russia’s health watchdog, said on Tuesday that no cases of plague had been detected among staff who had come ⁠into contact with the laboratory worker for the past 10 days.“This included identifying the widest possible circle of individuals who had been in contact with the patient and arranging for them to be placed under medical observation in hospital with daily laboratory tests,” the watchdog said.The institute said in a statem...