Russia plague did not escape from test tube, says dead scientist’s mother
Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician at the Siberian anti-plague research institute in Irkutsk, died on October 2 after being taken to hospital in the nearby town of Shelekhov.
Oct 8, 2026
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Russia plague didn’t accidentally leak from broken test tube, mom of dead scientist says: ‘I know the truth’
The mother of the Russian scientist who died in a suspected plague outbreak in Siberia denies the reports that her daughter was infected after breaking a test tube — and instead suggested Russian officials “simply let my daughter die.”