CDC Director Gives Update on Russia Plague Outbreak

• Confirmed Erica Schwartz said the US risk from an unconfirmed pneumonic plague case in Siberia was extremely low.¹
  • Confirmed Erica Schwartz said the CDC (🇺🇸) was prepared to monitor and screen travellers from Siberia entering the United States.¹
  • Confirmed Schwartz said the CDC (🇺🇸) station at John F. Kennedy International Airport could conduct traveller surveillance and screening.¹
  • Confirmed Schwartz said the Siberian region had about 200 flights per year.¹
  • Direct flights between Russia and the United States had been suspended since 2022.¹
• A plague institute worker in Siberia died from pneumonia of unestablished origin.¹
• Denied Russia's health regulator (🇷🇺) said Siberia faced no risk of an epidemic.¹
• Claimed Donald Trump (🇺🇸) said Donald Trump did not think the plague institute worker's death was from a bioweapon.¹

The reports (3)

• CDC sees low plague risk, monitors Siberia arrivals after worker death, director says - AOLAOL.com (🇬🇧) · 7 Oct, 17:30
• CDC Director Gives Update on Russia Plague OutbreakWSJ (🇺🇸) · 7 Oct, 18:05
• An update on the Irkutsk plague death that is well worth reading, plus grim news on the Ebola outbreak (and any Americans exposed to it) and RFK Jr's problems w...balloon-juice.com · 7 Oct, 23:27