# Trump says US will 'help' Russia deal with plague

https://mins.news/en/item/87158

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-10-05 23:05 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/trump-says-us-will-help-russia-deal-with-plague/

> President Donald Trump said on Oct. 5 that the U.S. would help Russia manage its plague scare. Russian officials and media reported quarantines and mask mandates at an aluminum factory and several hospitals in Irkutsk Oblast after a laboratory worker allegedly died from pneumonic plague.

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