00:00a second person has reportedly died amid a mysterious plague outbreak in russia and now
00:04the united states is watching very closely russian media is reporting that a second person has died
00:09in the region days after 28 year old lab worker daria shibilova died after reportedly being
00:14exposed to the plague bacteria this was at a research institute in siberia russian authorities
00:19have not officially confirmed that either death was caused by the outbreak but hundreds of people
00:23who may have come in contact with shibilova have been placed under medical observation
00:27while multiple hospitals were quarantined as precaution and now the u.s is stepping in
00:32with president trump saying the u.s will help russia if needed while secretary of state marco
00:37rubio says washington is watching the situation very closely and is calling on russia to share
00:42more information right now there are more questions than answers with the public asking if this is
00:46actually a mnemonic plague that has spread from person to person there is no confirmed evidence
00:51of widespread transmission at this point but u.s officials say they need more information before
00:56determining how serious the threat could be
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