Trump says US will help Russia after Siberia plague institute death
- On Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House that the United States will help Russia after a laboratory worker died at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Siberia.
- While local media alleged the 28-year-old lab technician died from pneumonic plague, Russian officials stated postmortem tests found only 'pneumonia of undetermined aetiology' with no evidence of occupational pathogens.
- Authorities placed at least one hospital in Shelekhov under quarantine, with nearly 200 people under medical observation after potential exposure to the worker.
- U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the nation is monitoring closely and sees no 'cause for alarm,' while experts like Dr. Malick Gibani of Imperial College London termed the response 'proportionate.'
- Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger called for halting flights from Russia citing biological research concerns, though officials note international travel between the U.S. and Russia remains limited.
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"Today is Vladimir Putin's birthday," he said, adding that he had "arranged a phone call" with the Russian leader to discuss the death of the Russian worker at the research center, possibly from the plague. The post Trump-Putin phone call on the Russian president's birthday - He will talk to him about the plague appeared first on in.gr.
Trump says the U.S. is in ‘very deep discussions’ and will with speak 'very soon' with Putin over a possible plague case in Russia
The World Health Organization said the risk outside Russia is “very low” as authorities investigate the death of an anti-plague institute worker
The US president said he will call his Russian counterpart "very soon." Neighboring countries like China or Mongolia have contacted Russia to find out the extent of the health threat. More information: WHO asks Russia to clarify whether a second worker in the laboratory investigating the plague has fallen ill.
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Trump Plans Putin Call as U.S. Presses Russia for Answers Over Possible Plague Case
President Donald Trump said he expects to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin “very soon” as Washington presses Moscow for more information about the death ... The post Trump Plans Putin Call as U.S. Presses Russia for Answers Over Possible Plague Case first appeared on [your]NEWS.
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