Dozens of people were reported to be in isolation after a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and other infectious diseases died of an undisclosed illness.

The researcher, a 28-year-old female laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, in the town of Shelekhov, died after being diagnosed with a pneumonia of “unknown” origin, according to Rospotrebnadzor, the Russian agency that handles infectious disease.

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[–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Japan had a biowarfare lab during WW2, knowing Putin I’d be more surprised of they didn’t have one.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago*

    russia had once since the early days after ww2, they are one of the few ones to have smallpox SAMPLES in thier BLS-4 LABS. they had several incidents of other pathogens being released. tularemia, Q fever, anthrax, smallpox, Yersinia, and many others.

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