The US “does not think” that the death of an investigator working in a laboratory in Siberia is linked to a biological weapon, Donald Trump said today.
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07/10/2026
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“ Vwe know soon, but we don’t think so,” he said, when asked about the matter in the White House, adding: “They (Russian authorities) say the situation is under control.”.
He repeats that he has foreseen a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but did not advance when it will take place.
Russian leaders today stated that there is no “any epidemic risk” in Siberia and criticized “false information”, when calls for transparency, cases of the World Health Organization, the European Union and the USA are multiplying.
The death of the laboratory technique, which worked for the Irkoutsk Institute for Fight against Pest, was reported by several Russian media on Friday.
According to the local environment People of Baikal, the person would have contracted the pneumonic plague after a test tuno broke.