Ultimora.net reported that Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan had strengthened border controls and health measures following the death of Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old laboratory technician in Siberia. According to the site, Russian authorities had attributed the death to pneumonia of unknown origin and ensured that the situation was under control; examinations of the body, they added, had not detected traces of the plague. The site reported that some local media had speculated that Shipilova had contracted the disease after an accidental breakage of a test tube containing pathogens at the workplace, while possible exposure in Thailand, from which the woman had recently returned, was also considered. Ultimora.net also reported that Russian authorities had quarantined four hospitals in Irkutsk. #AsiaCentro #SalutePubblica #SicurezzaSanitaria (translated)
