The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it has established measures to “identify and assess” any travelers from the Russian region where a possible plague case was reported.<\/p>\n
In a statement on Wednesday, the agency noted that roughly only 200 travelers from the region arrive in the U.S. over the course of a year. These travelers enter the country through airports where CDC staff are already positioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“CDC is closely monitoring the situation and has established measures in place to identify and assess travelers arriving from the affected region,” the CDC’s statement read, in part. “CDC has longstanding systems and trained personnel in place to detect and respond to potential public health risks at U.S. ports of entry. We will continue to monitor the situation closely and adjust our public health response as conditions warrant.”<\/p>\n
Currently, there are no do-not-board orders related to the reported case. The Do Not Board<\/a> list, which is enforced by the Transportation Security Administration, prevents people from obtaining a boarding pass for a flight into, out of, or within the U.S. for travelers known or suspected to have a contagious disease that poses a public health threat.<\/p>\n During an event on Wednesday, Dr. Erica Schwartz<\/a>, the CDC’s director, said the agency is “well positioned to make sure that we are protected from a potential threat” such as plague.<\/p>\n The Center for Disease Control (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Megan Varner\/Bloomberg via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n “We \u200bare working with\u00a0Department of Homeland Security, working [with] \u2060Department of State, Department of War and \u200bother agencies within the government to make sure \u200bthat we know exactly if anyone from that area comes into the United States,” Schwartz said at the Wall \u200bStreet Journal’s The Future of Health<\/a> event in \u200bWashington, D.C.<\/p>\n “We are very confident that the threat to the United States is extremely low,”\u00a0she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Atlanta\"](\"https:\/\/i.abcnewsfe.com\/a\/0dff15eb-cebb-47a5-822b-772db2a37d6f\/cdc-gty-jef-261008_1791463559554_hpMain.jpg?w=375 "\\"Atlanta\\"")
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