Trump to speak to Putin on plague as US, UN urge transparency
US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would speak very soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the reported plague death of a laboratory technician, as Washington and the United Nations called for transparency from Moscow.
President Donald Trump has announced plans to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin soon regarding the death of a laboratory technician in Siberia, which is being reported as plague-related. The US and UN are urging Moscow to be transparent about the incident. Russian authorities have denied imposing anti-plague measures and downplayed the reports.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has also called for transparency from Russia. The State Department sent Russia a confidential communication warning of potential consequences for withholding information. The cause of death has not been confirmed, with Russian officials stating that postmortem tests did not detect the disease.
The WHO noted that no cases of the disease have been recorded in Irkutsk, but urged Russia to provide more information.
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