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Residents of Nigeria's capital Abuja express concern over the Ebola outbreak and potential lockdown measures.

The World Health Organization says it has been in touch with Russian authorities and is tracking developments following the death of a female staff member at a plague research center in the Irkutsk region of Siberia.

Russian officials said that 5000 tests had been carried out on the relevant laboratory and no dangerous pathogens were found, while the World Health Organization continues to press Russia for information.

The World Health Organization issued a statement saying that because the information provided by Russia is still incomplete, it is currently impossible to fully assess the risk of the pneumonic plague incident in Russia.

A 28-year-old female lab technician at a plague research institute in the Russian Far East died several days after the onset of symptoms from pneumonic plague, raising concerns about laboratory safety and the spread of the virus.

The program claimed that WHO data show Chinese men's sperm survival rate ranks last in the world on average, and that IVF programs in China are fully reimbursed by medical insurance; neither claim could be traced to any public source.

India approves its first dengue vaccine, bringing hope in the fight against a severe epidemic; over the past five years India has reported more than 1 million dengue cases, and the actual figure may be far higher.

The World Health Organization stated that despite the severe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, it is expected to be brought under control within the next three months, provided sufficient resources are obtained.

On August 18, 2026, NTD reported that a Hebei Health Commission staff member said the 522,000 new confirmed cases in July released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention only reflect medical consultation data, and that the real number of infections is higher, with hospital beds in tight supply and long queues for cremation in many places; the claim has not been officially confirmed.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading at an unprecedented rate; government data shows 3,874 confirmed cases and 1,751 deaths.

Jean Kaseya, Director of the Africa CDC, visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo, stating that they will work with the World Health Organization to trace cases and contacts, protect medical personnel, and strengthen community testing and care.

On August 2, 2026, medical staff from multiple public hospitals in Fujian reported on social media platforms that local health authorities were demanding the return of temporary epidemic-prevention subsidies and allowances legally disbursed during the pandemic, sparking dissatisfaction among grassroots workers in the medical system.

The World Health Organization is funding treatment trials targeting the Bundibugyo strain at three medical facilities in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, while the UK and Canada are simultaneously conducting two vaccine trials.

China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention released monitoring data showing that the positivity rate of COVID-19 tests rose from July 20 to July 26, up 4 percentage points compared with the previous week, with the dominant strain being NB.1.8.1.

On July 30, 2026, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention released surveillance data showing that the positivity rate for COVID-19 among influenza-like cases in outpatient and emergency departments of sentinel hospitals nationwide climbed to 20.3%, with fever clinic patients increasing significantly in Guangdong, Henan and many other places.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that a confirmed case of Ebola has been discovered in mainland France. The patient is a doctor who returned from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but the global risk remains low.

After the EcoHealth Alliance announced its impending closure following the anti-science investigation controversy, Peter Daszak announced the establishment of a new non-profit organization, Nature Health Global, to continue operations.

In 2025, the World Health Organization disclosed that China still had not provided hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences from the early stage of the outbreak, data on animals sold at Wuhan markets, and information on research content and biosafety conditions at Wuhan laboratories; Tedros said all origin hypotheses must continue to be considered.

Bai Yansong interviewed Liang Wannian on the program News 1+1, raising nine questions about the economic cost and necessity of the dynamic zero-COVID policy; the program only arranged for Liang Wannian alone to answer and reiterated the policy's rationality.

An advance team of WHO experts led by Assistant Director-General Bruce Aylward arrived in China to conduct an investigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A Taiwanese medical team sent information to the World Health Organization about China's mystery pneumonia and possible human-to-human transmission; the anchor said the WHO initially did not respond.