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The United States is "watching very closely" the situation with pneumonic plague in Russia, where an employee of the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia and the Far East recently died. President Donald Trump said this, BBC reports.
Earlier, a similar statement was made by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump added that the United States is ready to help Russia on this matter.
Reporters asked the American president whether he planned to do anything because of the risk of pneumonic plague spreading from Russia. Donald Trump said he had not spoken with Moscow on the topic.
"I'm sorry to see this happened to them. We will help. Anyone who has such a problem, we will always help," he said.
Russia has not officially stated that the lab worker's death was linked to plague. Authorities said she died of pneumonia of undetermined origin. According to Russian media, about 200 people who had contact with the deceased scientist were placed under medical supervision.
"If something like this leaks out, it can spread quickly. So we're watching and monitoring closely. I don't think it's a reason to sound the alarm, but it's a reason to focus and be vigilant about it, and that's what we're doing," Marco Rubio commented on the incident.
Pneumonic plague is treated with antibiotics, but if untreated it can be fatal.
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