Health
After Siberian plague lab worker dies, Russia quarantines contacts and US says it is watching
October 5, 2026 at 08:31 PM · Updated 11d ago
4 reports · 2 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 5 hours
AJAl Jazeera Arabic
ترمب يعرض مساعدة روسيا بعد حادثة مختبر سيبيريا
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AJAl Jazeera English
Trump says US ready to aid Russia with plague outbreak in Siberia
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BNBBC News
US 'watching closely' after plague researcher dies in Russia, Rubio says
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SNSky News Arabia
العشرات قيد العزل.. وروسيا تعلق على "انتشار الطاعون"
(opens the publisher’s site)Russian officials say a lab technician's death at a Siberian plague institute was caused by pneumonia of undetermined origin, while the US monitors the case.
- Russian authorities quarantined dozens of people who had contact with Daria Shipelova, a 28-year-old technician who died at Irkutsk's Anti-Plague Institute.
- Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova traveled to Siberia for an emergency meeting after the death.
- Governor Igor Kobzev said tests found no plague micro-organisms in Shipelova's samples.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington is watching closely but sees no cause for alarm.
- President Donald Trump said the United States is ready to help Russia with the outbreak, though he has not spoken to Vladimir Putin.
- The World Health Organization said the public health risk to the general population appears low.
- Russian authorities quarantined a hospital and are monitoring nearly 200 contacts in Irkutsk.