Daria Shipilova.

A 28 year old laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti Plague Research Institute.

On September 25, reports say Daria was exposed after a test tube containing pneumonic plague bacteria broke in the laboratory.

Exactly the same day Taylor Swift released a song called “Patient Zero”.

Daria died on October 2.

Nearly 200 people were placed under medical observation.

The cause of death remains officially classified as pneumonia of unknown origin.

The story is still unfolding.