Aceh – Indonesia, Five hospitals in Russia’s Irkutsk region have reportedly been placed under a three-week quarantine following the death of Daria Shipilova, a laboratory worker at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, due to an unspecified strain of plague.
According to a report by the independent Russian media outlet Baikal People, the hospitals placed under temporary lockdown are City Clinical Hospitals No. 1, 3, and 10, the Shelekhov District Hospital, and the Ivano-Matreninskaya City Children’s Clinical Hospital.
As cited by Express UK on Monday (5/10/2026), a source in the healthcare sector quoted by Baikal People stated that doctors in Irkutsk are already openly discussing the plague outbreak.
Strict restrictions have reportedly been enforced across several healthcare facilities. Patients are not allowed to leave the hospitals to meet their families, and visitors are banned. Family members are only permitted to drop off personal belongings or groceries.
However, the media outlet noted it has not been able to independently verify whether all hospitals in Irkutsk have been closed. As of this writing, there has been no official statement from authorities regarding the situation.
As reported by The Independent on Monday (5/10/2026), Shipilova had reportedly informed medical personnel that she accidentally broke a test tube containing a live biological sample while working at the research facility.
Shortly after the incident, she was hospitalized with severe pneumonia of unknown origin. During her treatment, she was placed on a ventilator before passing away.
At least 197 people suspected of having direct or indirect contact with Daria have been quarantined, with more than 100 of them currently monitored in hospital wards.
Based on a report by The Moscow Times, the Head of the Republic of Buryatia, Alexei Tsydenov, confirmed that the 28-year-old woman died from an unspecified form of plague.
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