Having survived a global pandemic just six years ago, the news of yet another potential infection outbreak sent waves of terror around the world.
On October 6, 2026, Russian media outlets reported the demise of a 28-year-old female laboratory technician, who worked at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East in the town of Shelekhov.
She was later identified as Darya Shipilova and was reported to have passed away on the night of October 2 at a regional hospital after receiving treatment for three days.
