A laboratory worker died in Siberia, according to reports. Authorities stated that the situation remained under control on Monday.
Darya Shipilova, who was 28 years old, passed away from pneumonia of an unestablished origin. The head of Russia's health watchdog, Anna Popova, flew to the Irkutsk region for an emergency meeting over the weekend.
Shipilova was employed at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East. Igor Kobzev stated that she died of "pneumonia of unknown aetiology."
Furthermore, authorities confirmed there was no evidence linking the death to her work. Rospotrebnadzor stated that no evidence of pathogen handling accidents was found.
An unspecified number of contacts of the deceased woman were quarantined. All known contacts of the woman were identified, examined, and placed under medical supervision.
Parts of the hospital in Shelekhov were cordoned off. Kobzev also stated that no new cases of staff from the Anti-Plague Institute seeking medical attention were identified in the past few days.
