President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin "very soon" as his administration closely tracks reports of a suspected pneumonic plague death in Siberia that have prompted a U.S.health alert and heightened health precautions across several countries bordering Russia.Trump revealed the planned call while taking questions from reporters Tuesday.Asked whether he had spoken with Putin about the situation, Trump said he already had a call scheduled."I have a call scheduled, yup," Trump said.TRUMP RESPONDS TO CONCERNS OVER SUSPECTED PLAGUE CASE IN RUSSIA, SAYING US 'WILLING TO HELP'President Donald Trump speaks to the press upon his return to the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct.
6, 2026.He returned from Sparrows Point, Md., where he spoke at Anduril Industries.
(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)Asked when the call would take place, the president responded, "Very soon."Trump said the administration was in "very deep discussions" when asked what U.S.intelligence agencies were saying about the reports.The president's comments came as the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow issued a health alert Tuesday saying it was aware of press reports from Russia's Irkutsk region of "suspected pneumonic plague resulting in the death of an individual," along with associated quarantine measures and hospital closures."We continue to track the situation closely," the embassy said.NEW YORK DECLARES MEASLES DISASTER EMERGENCY AS CASES SURGE IN PENNSYLVANIAWorkers in protective uniforms conduct testing in Russia amid heightened precautions following the death of an employee at a Siberian anti-plague research institute.(Khuvsguliinungu.mn/e2w)A State Department spokesman told Fox News Digital that the department, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other interagency partners, is "closely monitoring the fatal case of suspected pneumonic plague" in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast."The Trump Administration has no higher priority than the...