Darya Shipilova is said to have been exposed to the pathogen while working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia

Hundreds of people have been placed into quarantine in Siberia after a laboratory worker died of suspected plague, according to reports.

Darya Shipilova, an employee at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, was exposed to the bacteria after she accidentally broke a test tube containing the pathogen while she was collecting samples, the Kyiv Independent reported.

She was hospitalised on 29 September with severe pneumonia of "unknown origin” and placed on a ventilator, but died shortly after.

Independent Russian outlet Lyudi Baikal reported that several hospitals in the city of Irkutsk had closed for a three-week quarantine.

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    12 hours ago

    I wish ppl understood this about nuclear weapons. Like ok so you want to attack that country over there… what do you think 60 seconds to midnight means exactly?

    Really any weapons. Start a war is literally fucking around and finding out. It all comes with blow back.

    Everyone has the same choice to be assholes. It’s not a super power. Just a choice.