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- U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed the Russian plague death, saying it isn’t a bioweapon.
- Trump said he will call Russian President Vladimir Putin that day.
- The State Department filed a diplomatic complaint urging Russia to provide more details.
- World Health Organization (WHO) rated the risk moderate-to-low for Irkutsk, low for Russia, very low for Europe.
- About 200 contacts of lab worker Darya Shipilova are under observation, none symptomatic.