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Russian lab worker dies of suspected plague after ‘being exposed to virus by broken test tube’

8 days ago by MicroWave to c/world

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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.

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GreenBean 10 points 7 days ago

There are cases of Human plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, in the United States now.

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wolframhydroxide 14 points 6 days ago

Actually, there always have been since introduction, especially in the american southwest. It was never eradicated here.

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captainlezbian 4 points 6 days ago

It's also extremely treatable in the 21st century

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Thor_Whale 2 points 6 days ago

You're not kidding. There's a small small cave in California over by Mammoth that people said if you go into it you will get sick and die because it's filled mice and plague.

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YouTalkinToMe 2 points 6 days ago

Sure, but they got Ivermectin

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Akasazh 1 point 6 days ago

And I've a Mac10 it's a panacea of sorts too!

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