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Russian Anti-Plague Institute Worker Dies; Plague Suspected, Not Confirmed by Russian Health Authorities

By Plainly Now News Desk Published October 5, 2026

A riverside embankment and a multi-lane road in a Siberian city, with a statue near the water and a white-and-gold domed church on the right under a blue sky.

A worker at Russia’s Irkutsk anti-plague institute died; the State Department cites suspected plague, which Rospotrebnadzor and the WHO have not confirmed.

Reported Plague Death in Siberia: What Russian Officials Have Said and What Only Media Report

By Plainly Now News Desk Published October 3, 2026 Updated October 5, 2026

A bronze statue of a standing figure on a stone pedestal above wide concrete steps in a town square, with spruce trees and low buildings under a hazy sky.

Irkutsk officials report a suspected dangerous infection and a quarantined hospital department but name no disease; media and Buryatia’s head named plague.

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Passes 8,000 Confirmed Cases as It Shifts Between Provinces

By Plainly Now News Desk Published September 28, 2026 Updated October 5, 2026

European Commission map dated Sept. 11, 2026, showing confirmed Ebola cases and deaths by province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, with Ituri and North Kivu shaded darkest, and neighboring Uganda.

Congo counted 8,067 confirmed Ebola cases by Sept. 26. WHO figures show 71 to 81 new cases a day since July as the outbreak shifts between provinces.