President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the pneumonic plague. This follows the death of a female staffer at a Russian anti-plague lab. The incident has sparked public health concerns worldwide.
Donald Trump and Putin are expected to discuss the possible pneumonic plague case
Donald Trump told reporters on the White House South Lawn that a call with Putin was “scheduled” and would happen “very soon.” He did not provide a specific date. A day earlier, the president said the United States stood ready to assist Russia, calling pneumonic plague “a rough disease.”
“I hate to see them having it,” he said. “Anybody that has that kind of a problem, we’re always willing to help.” The Russian Embassy in Washington has not commented on Trump’s remarks. For those unaware, a Russian health watchdog reported last week that Darya Shipilova, 28, died from a “pneumonia of undetermined” origin at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East. Officials found no plague among her contacts, only two COVID cases and one rhinovirus.
The World Health Organization has requested more details from Russia. Russian officials continue investigating but say all contacts tested negative for pneumonic plague. Pneumonic plague is a severe lung infection and the most virulent form of plague.
Bubonic plague affects lymph nodes, while septicaemic plague affects blood. Pneumonic plague can develop from either type. Symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, and coughing blood. Global plague cases range between 1,000 and 3,000 annually, mostly bubonic, with occurrences in Africa, Russia, India, China, and the US (via BBC).
A State Department official said the US has been in touch with Russia about the incident since Friday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Russia to share information but cautioned against speculation. “Maybe, you know, there’s nothing there. Maybe it’s bigger than we thought. We don’t know,” Rubio said in Iceland. “But I think it would be reckless at this moment, given the limited information we still have, to speculate about what this might or might not be.”
The CDC confirmed it monitors the “suspected case of pneumonic plague in the Irkutsk region of Russia,” adding there is no indication of a broader US threat.
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