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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maira Butt

Inside mysterious Russian lab where worker died of suspected plague ‘that escaped from broken test tube’

Several hospitals in Siberia have been placed under quarantine after the death of a laboratory worker who was reportedly exposed to the highly contagious pneumonic plague.

Local media said Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old lab assistant, died in the early hours of 2 October - days after accidentally breaking a test tube containing the pathogen.

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