A staff member at the anti-plague institute in Irkutsk, Russia, died [when?] after a test tube broke in the laboratory, regional media reported, citing unnamed sources close to the region’s security services.
Russian authorities said they found no evidence that her illness was caused by any of the pathogens she worked with. But the case has raised alarm in Russia after unconfirmed media reports suggested she might have died of pneumonic plague — a less common but severe form of plague that can spread from person to person.
