Trump announced conversation with Putin: they will discuss plague

Trump to call Putin: they will discuss the plague

President Donald Trump plans to speak by phone with dictator Putin to discuss a possible outbreak of plague at a Siberian research institute.

According to Censor.NET, which cites the AP, he made this statement to reporters.

What is known?

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would discuss this with Putin "very soon."

When asked what U.S. intelligence has reported about this incident, Trump stated that the U.S. is conducting "very serious consultations" on the matter.

"We'll probably be able to announce this as early as tomorrow," the U.S. leader added.

The Plague in Russia

In Russia's Irkutsk Region, following the death of Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old employee of the Anti-Plague Institute, a quarantine was imposed at a hospital in the city of Shelekhov, and approximately 200 people who may have come into contact with her were placed under medical observation.
According to local media reports, the young woman broke a test tube containing the pathogen that causes pneumonic plague. Russian authorities have not officially confirmed the diagnosis of plague, citing "pneumonia of unknown etiology," and repeat tests of people who came into contact with her have not yet detected the pathogen.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plague is a potentially life-threatening bacterial disease, but it can be cured with timely antibiotic treatment.
The White House had previously reported that it is monitoring the situation in Russia and evaluating possible responses.
Americans in Russia are being advised to leave immediately due to a suspected case of pneumonic plague.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio believes that Russia should provide more information about the death of a female employee at a plague research laboratory who died last week.