{"as_of":"2026-10-07T17:01:21Z","run":"run-1791392481-1791392612","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 7 October 2026, 17:01 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m4bd8wkg48bxqfdpsda9p16h","f-01m4bd8wkg50h9k7zx2dahskn2","f-01m4bd8wkgya2hmrhpchsq2m87","f-01m4bd8wkgg3v04eqf5q4tc2j7","f-01m4bd8wkg54qj76yanz0wg871"],"facts_detail":[{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1057","id":"f-01m4bd8wkg48bxqfdpsda9p16h","machine_written":true,"names":["Kukuraitis","Lithuania","Europe"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3075381/minister-says-risk-of-pneumonic-plague-spreading-in-lithuania-and-europe-is-very-low"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Kukuraitis said risk of pneumonic plague spreading in Lithuania and Europe was very low."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1057","id":"f-01m4bd8wkg50h9k7zx2dahskn2","machine_written":true,"names":["The National Public Health Centre","Lithuania"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3075381/minister-says-risk-of-pneumonic-plague-spreading-in-lithuania-and-europe-is-very-low"],"status":"confirmed","text":"The National Public Health Centre said people in Lithuania faced no increased risk of plague infection."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1057","id":"f-01m4bd8wkgya2hmrhpchsq2m87","machine_written":true,"names":["Kukuraitis","Lithuania","Russia"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3075381/minister-says-risk-of-pneumonic-plague-spreading-in-lithuania-and-europe-is-very-low"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Kukuraitis said Lithuania had no independently verified information about the reported Russian pneumonic plague case."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1057","id":"f-01m4bd8wkgg3v04eqf5q4tc2j7","machine_written":true,"names":["Russia"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3075381/minister-says-risk-of-pneumonic-plague-spreading-in-lithuania-and-europe-is-very-low"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Lithuanian institutions said available information did not independently confirm pneumonic plague in Daria Shipilova, who died in Russia."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1057","id":"f-01m4bd8wkg54qj76yanz0wg871","machine_written":true,"names":[],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3075381/minister-says-risk-of-pneumonic-plague-spreading-in-lithuania-and-europe-is-very-low"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Russian officials said post-mortem tests had not detected plague."}],"first_report":"2026-10-07T14:00:00Z","happened_on":"2026-10-02","id":"e-1057","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":true,"links":[],"reports":2,"reports_agreeing_on_the_day":1,"reports_giving_a_day":1,"title":"Lithuanian minister says wider risk is very low","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-1057"}}