00:00U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is closely following the reported plague death in Russia's Siberia region.
00:07Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump said...
00:12Mr. President, on the plague in Russia, have you spoken with President Truman?
00:17I have a call scheduled.
00:19When is that call scheduled for?
00:20Very soon.
00:21And how is the call this week?
00:23What are the intelligence agencies saying about the Russian plague?
00:26So far, we're in very deep discussions. We'll be able to report about it probably tomorrow.
00:33Unconfirmed reports claim that 28-year-old Daria Shepilova died from contracting pneumonic plague at the Anti-Plague Research Laboratory
00:40in Irkutsk after breaking a vial.
00:43Pneumonic plague is a really serious lung infection, often described as the most dangerous form of the disease.
00:49It is mainly transmitted through getting bitten by infected fleas or animals, but on a much more reduced scale can
00:55also be transmitted through human-to-human contact.
00:58The Kremlin, which has not revealed much about the incident, and in a bid to reassure the world, has said
01:05the situation is contained.
01:07Governments all over the world have been probing to find out more about the incident as to prepare early if
01:12an outbreak of global significance is imminent.
01:15The World Health Organization in its latest report said the risk of a global outbreak remains very low, noting that
01:21there were no signs of further outbreaks in Shepilova.
