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DR Congo Ebola totals rise; Washington reports H5N1 in dairy cattle

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The clearest worsening in the last 24 hours was in the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, where later ministry-attributed reports carried by media said DRC totals passed 9,000 confirmed cases. A social post also reported Washington state's first H5N1 detection in dairy cattle. In Irkutsk Oblast, officials again said there are no confirmed or suspected plague cases.

For Bundibugyo Ebola, WHO's directly viewed official update lists 8,728 confirmed cases and 4,205 deaths in DRC as of 2026-10-06, while media citing later ministry figures report 9,066 confirmed cases and 4,381 deaths, unverified. In diphtheria, Oyo State says there are no confirmed cases in Oyo, while broader media reporting still describes a wider regional outbreak. For cholera and yellow fever, no current official global or national total was published in the accessible material, while media continue to carry newer country figures, unverified.

Watch next for a directly accessible DRC update after 2026-10-06, any Uganda cumulative Ebola update, and whether Washington's H5N1 cattle detection is followed by worker testing. High-attention records remain avian influenza H5N1, cholera, diphtheria in sub-Saharan Africa, measles, antimicrobial resistance, and respiratory season. Elevated watches remain dengue, Bundibugyo Ebola in DRC and Uganda, filoviruses, polio, yellow fever in Colombia, chikungunya in France and Nicaragua, and mpox.