Trump says Russia plague reports concerning: Microbes ‘stronger and smarter’ 

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President Donald Trump said the United States is closely monitoring a suspected pneumonic plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk Oblast, calling reports concerning. The State Department also said it was monitoring the situation; the article provides no confirmation of an outbreak.

President Trump said Monday that he is concerned about the suspected plague case in Russia, saying the U.S. is “looking at it very strongly.” The State Department said Monday it was monitoring the suspected case of pneumonic plague in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. “I hate to see them having it,” he told reporters before departing the…