Trump offers US assistance to Russia after Siberian researcher's death
US President Donald Trump says Washington is ready to help Moscow after a researcher at a Siberian institute died from unexplained pneumonia.
Russian authorities have denied allegations that they imposed special anti-plague measures following the death of a laboratory technician from pneumonic plague, despite reports suggesting the worker may have contracted the disease from a broken test tube. The UN’s health agency stated that the risk to Russia is low, with the World Health Organization (WHO) estimating a moderate to low risk in Irkutsk.
The authorities clarified that the alleged measures were not official and that no new cases of staff at the anti-plague institute have sought medical attention since the worker's death. Postmortem tests did not detect the disease, and the regional governor stated that no microorganisms linked to the worker's professional work were found in her biological samples.
Despite the denial, the incident has raised concerns, with international conferences on plague and infectious diseases scheduled in Irkutsk.
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