Death of a researcher in the Irkutsk region after contact with the plague bacterium

Daria Shipilova, 28, an employee of a research institute in the Irkutsk Oblast, died after accidentally breaking a test tube containing the pneumonic plague bacterium. Four days after the incident, she was hospitalized with severe pneumonia and died on the night of October 1-2.

The authorities' reaction and preventive actions

After the woman's death, the Russian authorities introduced quarantine in several medical facilities and placed under observation about 200 people who had contact with Shipilova. The governor of Irkutsk assured that none of the people under observation showed any symptoms of the disease and the test results were negative.

Trump: We are ready to help

Donald Trump declared his readiness to support Russia in combating the problem. We will help anyone who has this kind of problem. We are always ready to help, said the US president.

I don't like seeing them go through this. It's a serious disease. A really bad disease, Trump told the media before flying to Nebraska. The president said it was a "big problem for Russia."

Earlier, representatives of the American authorities emphasized that they were monitoring reports of a possible release of pneumonic plague bacteria from a laboratory in Irkutsk, which allegedly caused the death of an employee of the center.