Darya Shipilova is said to have been exposed to the pathogen while working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia

Hundreds of people have been placed into quarantine in Siberia after a laboratory worker died of suspected plague, according to reports.

Darya Shipilova, an employee at the Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, was exposed to the bacteria after she accidentally broke a test tube containing the pathogen while she was collecting samples, the Kyiv Independent reported.

She was hospitalised on 29 September with severe pneumonia of "unknown origin” and placed on a ventilator, but died shortly after.

Independent Russian outlet Lyudi Baikal reported that several hospitals in the city of Irkutsk had closed for a three-week quarantine.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    In Russia, who won’t do a thing about it, and if they do, they’ll botch it in typical Russian fashion. They are easily the dumbest superpower.

    Learn to hold your breath for the next few years.

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      They are easily the dumbest superpower.

      I wouldn’t say ‘easily’. Competition is pretty tough in these days.

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        Ironically Asian powers are the only ones that seem to know what they’re doing these days.

        America & European leaders have lost their damn minds

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          Authoritarianism works, as long as the authorities are competent. US & Europe are getting the worst of both worlds: authoritarianism without the competence.

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            got’a source on that at all?

            Edit: they didn’t, thread below is them saying I’m stupid a bunch of times before writing a long message to admit they never second guessed themselves and never read on the topic. You guys gotta stop acting like you’re entitled to say shit about serious topics without taking yourself seriously and fucking learning about them.

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                11 hours ago

                Yeah, if you’re saying shit like, “authoritarianism works,” you can’t whine when people expect you to substantiate it.

                You think nobody asks for sources as the phrenology conference? Dicknuts.

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                  11 hours ago

                  You’re the leader of a country. Is it easier for you to get what you want if the country is A) a democracy or B) a dictatorship.

                  Don’t answer right away. Take all the time you need.

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                    “Authoritarianism works, as long as the authorities are competent.”

                    Why’re you being a cunt and pretending that’s what you said? Grow up or don’t answer ffs, every shitjustworks dude I see on here is so obnoxious. Your opinion is you wanna lick boots and don’t really know why, okay, just be honest.