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US President Donald Trump stated he would soon speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the death of a laboratory technician in Siberia, reportedly due to plague exposure. Despite this, Russian officials dismissed claims about anti-plague measures and downplayed the incident at a research institute in Irkutsk. In response, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio urged Russia for greater transparency, as did the World Health Organization.

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A 28-year-old laboratory assistant named Darya Shipilova died in early October after reportedly breaking a test tube containing potentially dangerous pathogens at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, Russia. Despite extensive speculation that she may have contracted pneumonic plague, Russian authorities continue to maintain that her death was due to pneumonia of unknown origin and have not identified the specific pathogen involved. At least 197 people who had close contact with Shipilova were placed under quarantine or surveillance, while international health organizations like the CDC remain vigilant but assert that the risk to other countries is minimal. The incident has sparked concerns about Russia's transparency regarding biological research and safety protocols at such facilities.

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Trump says will speak to Putin on plague, after death of Russian lab tech Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down reports of the incident in Siberia US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington pressured Moscow for transparency.

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Washington → say → transparency

Russian authorities denied that they were imposing anti-plague measures and played down the reports of an incident at a plague research institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region last week. But Washington is showing growing concern, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio calling on Russia to be open about the situation. asserted

Rubio → deny → situation

The World Health Organization issued a similar appeal Tuesday. asserted

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“We encourage Russia to be transparent and share more information with the world so that all of us could react accordingly and appropriately,” Rubio said during a trip to Iceland. uncertain

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