- Laboratory technician Darya Shipilova has died after accidentally breaking a test tube containing suspected plague bacteria at a research institute in Siberia .
- Shipilova was hospitalised on 29 September with severe pneumonia and placed on a ventilator before passing away shortly afterwards.
- Almost 200 people identified as direct or indirect contacts have been placed under medical isolation, prompting strict three-week quarantine measures across local facilities.
- Russian law enforcement agencies have opened a criminal investigation into potential workplace health and safety violations regarding the lab worker's death.
- Regional officials have urged calm and downplayed the risk of widespread transmission, whilst international bodies including the US State Department continue to monitor the situation.
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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague after ‘being exposed to virus by broken test tube’
