- President Donald Trump has announced a scheduled call with Russian President Vladimir Putin following the death of a lab technician exposed to pneumonic plague bacteria in Siberia.
- Darya Shipilova, 28, died after reportedly smashing a test tube containing Yersinia pestis at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute.
- Russian authorities have denied that Shipilova died of the plague and reported no positive cases among nearly 200 quarantined contacts, despite reports of a potential second death.
- President Trump stated that US intelligence agencies are in deep discussions regarding the incident and pledged American assistance to help Russia.
- The World Health Organisation has requested further information from Russian officials regarding suspected cases of pneumonia of undetermined cause.
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