Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies from Plague
A laboratory worker in Siberia's Irkutsk region died from plague after accidentally breaking a test tube containing live bacteria. Health authorities have placed nearly 200 potential contacts under medical observation and quarantined the local hospital. Officials have urged the public to remain calm, noting that current test results for the observed individuals are negative.
- ▪The victim, a 27 or 28-year-old employee of the Irkutsk anti-plague institute, died after being hospitalized with severe pneumonia.
- ▪Nearly 200 people who may have had contact with the deceased have been placed under medical isolation, with over 100 currently in hospital wards.
- ▪The Shelekhov district hospital was placed under quarantine, and law enforcement opened a criminal investigation into potential health safety violations.
- ▪Regional officials confirmed that the infection was unrelated to the neighboring republic of Buryatia and that there are no plague outbreaks in that area.
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Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague Oct. 2, 2026 Kirill Zykov / Moskva News Agency Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a regional leader Friday. Alexei Tsydenov, head of the neighboring republic of Buryatia, confirmed that the woman had died from an unspecified form of plague. Irkutsk officials had previously described the illness only as a “particularly dangerous infection.” Citing information from Russia’s consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor and Buryatia’s government, Tsydenov said the woman had not visited his republic and that her infection was unrelated to the region.
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