CDC says 'no indication' of threat to US after suspected Russian plague death

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is monitoring reports of a 28-year-old researcher who died of a “pneumonia of unknown etiology” in Russia but confirmed there is “no indication of a broader threat” from her death to the United States.

The reports of the death of Daria Shipilova, a lab technician at Russia’s Anti-Plague Institute in Siberia, have sparked international concern after nearly 200 Russians were placed in quarantine in response to a public health lockdown. The concerns have pushed Trump administration officials to respond, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying Monday it is not a cause for “alarm” but rather a “cause for focus.”