Facing Russian stonewalling, Trump admin ramps up pressure for info as it struggles to plan for potential plague fallout
The Trump administration is struggling to get clear answers about the death of a Russian laboratory worker at an institute dedicated to studying the plague and has formally escalated its request for information from the country, amid days of stonewalling from Russian officials about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the episode.” US officials were in touch with the Russian government as early as last Friday, a State Department official said, including contact between the department’s health experts and the Russian Foreign Ministry.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday that Russian health authorities reported that no case of plague had recently been registered in Irkutsk region, in response to a WHO request.
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