BREAKING: Pneumonic plague case in Russia monitored by US officials

>> Brian: SO THE STATE. DEPARTMENT IS KEEPINGS, STSTATE. DEPARTMENT IS KEEPING CLOSE EYE. ON REPORTS OF A SUSPECTED CASE. AND LIVE IN WASHINGTON WITH THE. DETAILS, DOUG. >> CALLING ANTI-EPIDEMIC. MEASURES AFTER A LABORATORY. WORKER STUDYING THE PLAGUE IN. SIBERIA DIED OF A MYSTERIOUS.

ILLNESS NOT CONFIRMED THE PLAGUE. AS CAUSE OF DEATH BUT LEGAL. MEDIA REPORTS SAY A 28-YEAR-OLD. LAB WORKER BECAME INFECTED AFTER. A TEST TUBE CONTAINING THE. PLAGUE PATHOGEN BROKE WHILE SHE. WAS COLLECTING SAMPLES. FOREIGN OFFICIALS HAVE NOT. DETAILED THE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE. BUT NEARLY 200 PEOPLE HAVE NOW. BEING MONITORED AS A PRECAUTION. THE WHITE HOUSE NOW KEEPING AN. EYE ON THIS SITUATION. THE STATE DEPARTMENT TELLING FOX. NEWS IN A STATEMENT, QUOTE, WE.

ARE MONITORING THE SITUATION. CLOSELY WITH THE CDC AND OTHER. INTERAGENCY PARTNERS MANY. DETAILS ARE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED. WE ENCOURAGE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES. TO SHARE ACCURATE INFORMATION. QUICKLY AND OPENLY. THE FORM OF PLAGUE CAN BE SPREAD. THROUGH COULD HAVING AND. SNEEZING AND ONE TO FOUR DAYS. AFTER FEVER WEAKNESS, THE GOOD. NEWS EARLY ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT.

CAN CURE THE INFECTION AND U.S. CITIZENS TRAVELING OVERSEAS SIGN. UP FOR ITS SMART TRA.