The Trump administration "is aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options”, a Trump administration official told Axios on Sunday
A potential public health crisis is developing in Russia’s Irkutsk region after Darya Shipilova, a 28-year-old researcher at an anti-plague lab died following suspected exposure to a “particularly dangerous infection.”
Nearly 200 people are reportedly under medical observation, while a hospital has been placed under quarantine. Russian media report a possible lab accident involving plague bacteria, though officials have not confirmed it.