Super Eagles’ Russia Friendly Goes Ahead as Officials Downplay Siberia Health Alert

The Super Eagles are scheduled to face Russia in an international friendly in Nizhny Novgorod on Tuesday, October 6. The match comes amid reports of an investigation into the death of a laboratory worker in Irkutsk, Siberia, after an illness described as pneumonia of unknown origin. Russian health authorities say the situation in the region is stable and that no work-related microorganism was found in the worker’s samples. Irkutsk is thousands of kilometres from Nizhny Novgorod, where Nigeria will play. Authorities and health experts have so far indicated that there is no evidence of an immediate risk to the Nigerian team or the general public. Nigeria will be hoping for a stronger performance after beating Madagascar 2-1 before losing 3-0 to Guinea-Bissau during the international window.

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