President Donald Trump announced he is scheduling a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin “very soon” as the U.S. administration closely monitors reports of a suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia, an incident that has triggered a U.S. health alert and prompted heightened health precautions in several countries bordering Russia. The President revealed the impending conversation while addressing reporters, stating that discussions regarding the situation were ongoing and that U.S. intelligence agencies were deeply involved. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued its own health alert, acknowledging press reports of a suspected fatal pneumonic plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk region, which led to quarantine measures and hospital closures, and urged Americans in the area to adhere to local health guidance and monitor their health if they had traveled to an affected zone. This development coincides with neighboring countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan implementing enhanced sanitary measures. While Russian authorities have described the deceased as having died from pneumonia of undetermined origin and stated that tests found no microorganisms linked to her work at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, the U.S. State Department is urging Moscow to provide clear and open information, emphasizing that many details remain unconfirmed, even as the CDC monitors the situation with no current indication of a broader threat to the United States.
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