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The U.S. is now formally pressing Russia for more information about the mysterious death
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of a worker at a plague research lab in Siberia. The State Department has issued a formal diplomatic complaint, asking Russia to be more transparent
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about what happened. That's according to ABC News. The 28-year-old lab worker died last week from what Russian officials have called pneumonia
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of unknown origin. Russia says no plague cases have been detected, and testing of people who had contact with
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her has not found plague or other dangerous infectious diseases. But the World Health Organization is asking Russia for more details, including about reports
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of a second lab employee with pneumonia of unknown origin. The WHO also wants to know what caused the first worker's severe pneumonia
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President Trump told reporters Tuesday he expects to speak with Vladimir Putin soon
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possibly today. Mr. President, on the plague in Russia, have you spoken with President Putin
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I have a call scheduled. When is that call scheduled for? Very soon
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And how is the call this week? What are the intelligence agencies saying about the Russian plague
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So far, we're in very deep discussions. We'll be able to report about it probably tomorrow
