Russia Quarantines Dozens After Plague Research Lab Worker’s Death

Russian authorities have placed dozens of people under quarantine after a female employee at a plague research institute laboratory in Siberia fell ill and died in circumstances that have not been disclosed.

The head of Russia’s health watchdog was also sent to the Irkutsk region following the incident.

The worker’s cause of death has not been made public. The available information does not establish that she was infected with plague or that the disease has spread.

Details of the quarantine measures, including how those affected may have been linked to the laboratory worker, were not provided.