The US has offered support to Russia amid a suspected plague outbreak in the country, following reports of a death at a plague research institute in Siberia.[8008491][8104502] WHO has assessed the risk to the general public as low based on available information, and has offered support to Russian authorities if needed.[8104502] Nearly 200 people in Russia's Irkutsk region are under medical observation after a researcher's death from suspected plague exposure.[7932189] Moscow has imposed sweeping quarantine measures in Siberia in response to the outbreak, as the US monitors the situation.[8008491]