Trump Says Call With Putin Scheduled Soon Over Suspected Siberian Plague Case

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he has a call scheduled "very soon" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a suspected plague case that has raised global health concerns. "I have a call scheduled. Yeah. Very soon," Trump told reporters when asked whether he had spoken with his Russian counterpart about the matter. The comments follow the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Russia's Siberian region of Irkutsk. The worker died last week after developing severe pneumonia, and nearly 200 contacts were reportedly placed under observation.