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Coverage dated October 4, 2026

Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia

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The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.

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    Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia (opens The Kyiv Independent)

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    The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.

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