Trump says US ready to aid Russia with plague outbreak in Siberia
Summary
President Donald Trump said the United States is ready to help Russia with a suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in Siberia. Russian authorities have quarantined a hospital and are monitoring around 200 people after a laboratory worker died from a possible plague infection.Key Facts
- A laboratory technician in Irkutsk, Siberia, died from a suspected case of pneumonic plague.
- Russian officials quarantined a hospital and placed nearly 200 people under observation.
- The disease is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and affects the lungs in its pneumonic form.
- Pneumonic plague spreads through infectious droplets when patients cough and can be fatal if untreated.
- The World Health Organization says the overall health risk to the public appears low based on unofficial info.
- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the situation is not alarming but should be monitored closely.
- President Trump has not yet spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin but is willing to offer US help.
- Russia’s consumer protection agency said tests found no signs the infection came from the lab worker’s research samples.
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