Give us an update on the suspected plague case in Russia? Well, we don't we know what we know, obviously, about whatever the Russians have provided, which is it seems that There was a worker at the lab [in Russia] that was infected, and there's concern that that could have spread. There's very limited travel between the US And Russia, obviously. But like anything else, something like that gets out, it could quickly spread. So we're watching and monitoring it closely. (00:08–00:16)
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Asserts that a lab worker in Russia was infected and there is concern about potential spread.
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