Irkutsk
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Russian news outlet People of Baikal said that an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, whom it named as 28-year-old Darya Shipilova, died the previous night from a suspected case of pneumonic plague.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Reports first emerged on Friday of almost 200 people being placed under observation in Siberia's Irkutsk region following the death.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also urged Moscow to clarify "media reports of a second employee with pneumonia of undetermined cause" at the Irkutsk institute.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The governor of Irkutsk, Igor Kobzev, said earlier in the week that specialists had carried out extensive laboratory analyses of the woman’s body which found no “microorganisms connected to her professional activities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The Diana returned for this, and in October made her appearance at Hakodate, bearing the letter required and another from the governor of Irkutsk.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Charles Morris
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