GoKawiilIrkutsk plague institute worker dies, nearly 200 placed under observation
A laboratory employee at the Irkutsk anti-plague institute, identified as 27- or 28-year-old Daria Sh., died Thursday after contracting plague, reportedly after breaking a test tube of live bacteria while collecting samples. She had been hospitalized Tuesday in Shelekhov with severe pneumonia and placed on a ventilator before her death. Nearly 200 people are now under medical observation as a precaution.