Trump declines to answer question on Russian plague reports

first published 7 Oct, 00:00

Confirmed (🇺🇸) said he had not yet spoken to (🇷🇺) about the plague outbreak.¹
- Confirmed (🇺🇸) said a call with (🇷🇺) was scheduled.¹
- Confirmed (🇺🇸) described the call timing as “very soon”.¹
- (🇺🇸) did not say whether the call was scheduled for that week.¹
- Confirmed (🇺🇸) said he was in “deep discussions” with US officials about the death.¹
- Confirmed (🇺🇸) said he could discuss the death “probably tomorrow”.¹
A laboratory technician died of severe pneumonia in .¹
- The laboratory technician was 28.¹
- The laboratory technician died on the night between October 1 and October 2.¹
- The laboratory technician worked at the (🇷🇺) in .¹
(🇷🇺) had not confirmed that plague caused the laboratory technician’s death. Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹
About 200 people who had contact with the laboratory technician were quarantined.¹
Confirmed (🇷🇺) said 90% of quarantined people had been released after thousands of lab tests were negative for dangerous pathogens.¹
Denied (🇷🇺) denied that workplace exposure caused the laboratory technician’s illness. Read with skepticism: record of concealment¹

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