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News of a suspected plague outbreak in Russia sent the internet into overdrive over the weekend, prompting comparisons to the early days of Covid-19, demands for travel restrictions and warnings that the U.S. should prepare for a potential biological threat.
The White House has said it is monitoring reports surrounding the death of 28-year-old laboratory worker Daria Shipilova, who Russian media said was exposed to a dangerous pathogen after breaking a test tube at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia on September 25.
A Trump administration official said the White House “is aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options.” In contrast, the State Department said it was following developments with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Russia has not confirmed that Shipilova died from plague, but nearly 200 people have reportedly been placed under medical observation following her death, with several medical facilities subject to quarantine measures.
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The uncertainty quickly spilled out online, sparking a whirlwind of panic.
Former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger called for sweeping restrictions on Russians entering the United States:
This is not a joke.
The Russian biological war research should have us all concerned and stopping ALL flight from Russia, and all Russians from entry.
The longer this goes on the more countries we will have to stop flight from.
FYI: the Russians were working on a plague that… https://t.co/ALEKvSCS80
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini)
(@AdamKinzinger) October 5, 2026
FYI: Russia had been developing plague as a weapon during the Soviet years https://t.co/tymQ7bfsmx
— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini)
Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE), a retired Air Force brigadier general, meanwhile pointed to past Russian allegations about U.S.-linked biological laboratories in Ukraine:
I remember hearing from anti-Ukraine voices about their so-called bio labs. It was Russian disinformation ops at their best. But in reality it is Russia with the bio labs. https://t.co/2sGLJePaaa
— Rep. Don Bacon
(@RepDonBacon) October 4, 2026
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A “concerned” former White House Covid response coordinator, Ashish Jha, urged caution but said “Russian authorities owe the world more transparency on exactly what happened”:
Many of you have been tracking the Irkutsk lab situation over the last few days.
I’ve been gathering facts and trying to understand what is happening before weighing in.
Now that I have, I have to say — I’m concerned
— Ashish K. Jha (@ashishkjha) October 5, 2026
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The reports also caught the attention of biological warfare author Annie Jacobsen, who said she had been in contact with senior U.S. national security officials and claimed the “USG has all eyes on the plague outbreak in Russia.”
The Pulitzer Prize finalist later cast doubt on Moscow’s assurances that there had been no plague or laboratory accident, pointing to a response that reportedly included hospital quarantines, the involvement of Russia’s FSB security service and a visit to Irkutsk by the country’s top public health official.
BREAKING: Plague outbreak expands, Russia BSL-3 lab accident – FIVE hospitals now quarantined
The plague outbreak in Siberia, Russia has expanded w/5 hospitals now under QUARANTINE: Irkutsk Hospitals No. 1, No.3, No.10, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children’s Hospital, and an… pic.twitter.com/DhPkS2ILiW
— Annie Jacobsen (@AnnieJacobsen) October 4, 2026
I’ve now been in contact w/current, highest level mil/intel/diplo/homeland security officials in biological threat arena and report w/authority that USG has all eyes on the plague outbreak in Russia and is not letting up.
Read BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO. All of them have.… https://t.co/8tqOKWM06V
— Annie Jacobsen (@AnnieJacobsen) October 4, 2026
I suspect that soon the Russian Federation will begin denying this plague outbreak started as a BSL-3 lab accident, and come down hard on those reporting it as such. https://t.co/gfuOdo9VUZ
— Annie Jacobsen (@AnnieJacobsen) October 4, 2026
Further, Rospotrebnadzor chief (equivalent of HHS + CDC +/- DHS) initially… https://t.co/jHwoFosFax
— Annie Jacobsen (@AnnieJacobsen) October 5, 2026
The episode also triggered inevitable comparisons with Wuhan, China, as Daily Caller reporter Emily Kopp urged followers to archive Russian reporting, writing: “Early censored reports out of Wuhan were important for investigating COVID’s origins. Save everything you read.”
The Sunday Times defence correspondent Dominic Hauschild followed:
Others used the moment to jab at President Donald Trump and questioned his administration’s ability to handle a potential global pandemic:
Several other journalists and commentators jumped in:
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) October 4, 2026
For now, there is no confirmed plague outbreak. Russian officials maintain Shipilova suffered from pneumonia of “unknown” origin and say her contacts have tested negative.
Watch above via ABC News.
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