周二，唐纳德·特朗普总统表示，他计划与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京通话，讨论西伯利亚某研究机构可能出现的鼠疫病例。
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute.
特朗普在白宫对记者说，他很快就会与普京讨论这一情况。目前卫生部门正在调查一名防疫研究所员工死亡事件，官方初步判断其死因为病因不明的肺炎。
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would be talking with Putin about the case “very soon.”Health authorities are investigating after the death of an employee at an anti-plague institute, which authorities attributed to pneumonia with an unknown cause.
当被问及美国情报部门对此事的看法时，特朗普称美国正在就此事展开“深入讨论”，并表示“很可能明天就能公布相关消息”。
Asked what the U.S. intelligence community was saying about the case, Trump said the U.S. is in “very deep discussions” on the topic. “We’ll be able to report about it, probably tomorrow,” Trump said.
世界卫生组织周二指出，该病例在俄罗斯境外引发疫情的风险“极低”。该机构称，上周有报道称西伯利亚及远东地区伊尔库茨克防疫研究所的一名女员工死亡后，世卫组织已与俄方保持联系。
The World Health Organization on Tuesday said the case presents a “very low” risk outside Russia. The United Nations agency said it was in contact with Russian authorities following reports of the death last week of a woman who worked at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East.
周一，特朗普曾表示美国愿意协助俄罗斯应对这一情况。他在白宫对记者说：“这是一种很凶险的疾病。过去我们能够控制它，但如今这些病菌变得更强、更‘聪明’了，简直就像一支军队。”
On Monday, Trump said the U.S. would be willing to help Russia with the situation. “It’s a rough disease. You know, that’s a disease we used to be able to control, but somehow those microbes have gotten stronger and smarter. They’re like an army,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
此次通话正值特朗普政府面临一项重要期限：根据他于9月18日签署生效的《林赛·格雷厄姆对俄伊制裁法案》，政府须在10月18日前决定对哪些俄罗斯实体实施制裁。
The call also comes as the Trump administration faces an Oct. 18 deadline to decide which Russian entities, if any, it will sanction under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act, which Trump signed into law on Sept. 18.
目前，乌克兰已向美国政府及国会列出了希望受到该法案制裁的俄罗斯企业、船只及个人名单。
Ukraine has given the administration and Congress a wish list of Russian companies, vessels and individuals it would like to see hit with U.S. sanctions under that law.