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- A 28-year-old Irkutsk anti-plague institute employee died of pneumonia of unknown origin in Siberia.
- President Donald Trump said he will call Vladimir Putin and pledged assistance.
- The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued an alert urging Americans to avoid affected facilities.
- The CDC said there is no indication of a threat to the United States.
- Russian officials told the World Health Organization (WHO) tests found no plague bacteria in employee’s body.