White House ‘monitoring’ suspected plague outbreak in Russia after lab worker dead, hundreds quarantined

The White House is monitoring a suspected plague outbreak in Russia after a female laboratory worker in her late 20s died from pneumonia of unknown origin. The victim worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Institute of Siberia and the Far East. According to Rospotrebnadzor, approximately 200 individuals have been forced into quarantine. Both Russian authorities and Trump administration officials are tracking the situation closely to determine if a pneumonic plague outbreak has occurred within the region.