A life in brief
Russia reports a worker at a Siberian plague institute got pneumonia from an unknown cause and died
Compiled Oct 5

A staffer at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute contracted pneumonia of an unknown cause
- last weekThe woman died in a hospital in Shelekhov
- FridayThe hospital was placed under quarantine and Anna Popova met with Gov. Igor Kobzev in Irkutsk
- SaturdayThe Irkutsk Aluminum Plant required staff to wear masks as a precaution
- SundayRospotrebnadzor announced she had 'pneumonia of unknown etiology' and found no related pathogens
- MondayA state TV station in Irkutsk reported her death, and Kremlin spokesman Peskov commented on the case
“Better be safe than sorry.”

