https://freerepublic.com/tag/shelekhov/ en-us Thu, 8 Oct 2026 04:44:39 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398366/posts On the evening of Friday 2 October, Daria Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, died in a district hospital in the Russian city of Shelekhov. Her place of work, and the rumoured circumstances of her death, have triggered a public health emergency in the region and a slew of questions: did the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, kill Shipilova? Could this metastasise into a plague epidemic in Russia? Should we – abroad – be worried? The Russian authorities have done their best to play down the link between the plague and Shipilova’s death. According to Russia’s public health watchdog,... The Spectator https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4398366/posts#comment Thu, 8 Oct 2026 04:44:39 GMT