美国和俄罗斯均表示愿意互相协助应对传染病。在西伯利亚的一处瘟疫研究中心，一名俄罗斯实验室技术员不幸去世。对此，克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫呼吁民众切勿“轻信各种谣言”。
The US and Russia have each offered to help each other tackling infectious diseases. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has urged people not to "listen to various rumours" after a Russian lab technician died at a plague research centre in Siberia.
佩斯科夫强调，民众应仅以俄罗斯公共卫生监管部门发布的信息为准，该部门给出的死因是不明原因的肺炎。
Peskov called for people to follow only information from Russia's public health watchdog, which named the official cause of death of the lab technician as pneumonia of unknown origin.
BBC俄罗斯频道编辑史蒂夫·罗森伯格也向佩斯科夫询问了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普向俄罗斯提供援助一事。
BBC Russia editor Steve Rosenberg also asked Peskov about US President Donald Trump's offer of support to Russia.