The statement shared on its social media profiles on October 6 came even as President Donald Trump said he’d speak to counterpart Vladimir Putin over the issue. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a statement amid reports of a suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia .
What happened in Russia?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio also called on Russia to release more information about the reported death there. Notably, pneumonic plague is one of the most dangerous forms of plague and can be almost always fatal if untreated. The State Department, meanwhile, has issued a ‘do not travel’ alert for Russia. Darya Shipilova, who worked at an anti-plague institute in Russia, died after reports of her possible exposure to plague bacteria.
Meanwhile, at least five hospitals in the area are under quarantine and nearly 200 people who had contact with Shipilova were placed under medical observation as a precaution.
Here are five takeaways from what the CDC said. “I think it’s incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world,” he said, as per reports. She worked at the Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia, but Russian authorities have said testing has not linked her death to plague or any pathogens she handled while at work.
On Tuesday, Trump also said he had a call scheduled with Putin to discuss the suspected plague case, and said they’d speak ‘very soon’. Trump also said US intelligence officials were in ‘very deep discussions’ about the situation and would ‘be able to report about it, probably tomorrow.
