{"as_of":"2026-10-08T23:46:14Z","run":"run-1791503174-1791503616","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 8 October 2026, 23:46 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m4ev5kmm9d251jt254r8r0a1","f-01m4ekdb3sqnw8mbxnr0anhy4n","f-01m4ekdb3s8k018mn9yjcckphd","f-01m4ekdb3syvds3vee3s6vxtkk","f-01m4ekdb3sgxkm59em6b1bbm5k"],"facts_detail":[{"credibility":{"basis":{"facts_contradicting":1,"independent_reports_backing":1,"languages_backing":1,"outlets_backing":1,"reports_checked":4,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":4,"confidence":"low","why":"another fact on the timeline contradicts it","words":"Doubtful"},"disputed":true,"event":"e-1228","id":"f-01m4ev5kmm9d251jt254r8r0a1","independent_reports_backing":1,"machine_written":true,"names":["Igor Kobzev"],"per":"Igor Kobzev","read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[{"id":"concealment_record","label":"Record of concealment","why":"It rests on authorities with a documented record of concealing outbreaks: Soviet and Russian authorities denied the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak of 1979 until 1992; Chinese authorities hid SARS in 2003."},{"id":"own_conduct","label":"Judges its own conduct","why":"It comes from a party judging its own conduct or answerable for the outcome, such as the agency or institute responsible, or a government defending its handling."},{"id":"no_evidence","label":"No evidence shown","why":"It asserts a finding (no infection, negative tests, no leak, under control) without published evidence: no test results, data or methods."},{"id":"contradicted","label":"Contradicted","why":"Other reports or facts on this page contradict it."}],"sources":["https://novini.bg/article/2026100817000110367","https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2026/10/russia-afirma-nao-ter-detectado-patologia-infecciosa-nos-contatos-de-suposto-caso-de-peste.shtml","https://vilniaus.diena.lt/naujienos/pasaulis/ekonomika-ir-politika/rusija-teigia-nenustaciusi-maro-plitimo-pozymiu-1778121"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Igor Kobzev said Daria Shipilova died of community-acquired pneumonia contracted outside the laboratory.","topic":"death_and_cause","via":"Agence France-Presse"},{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":1,"languages_backing":1,"outlets_backing":1,"reports_checked":4,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":3,"confidence":"moderate","why":"one independent report backs it and none say otherwise","words":"Possibly true"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1228","id":"f-01m4ekdb3sqnw8mbxnr0anhy4n","independent_reports_backing":1,"machine_written":true,"names":["Igor Kobzev","Irkutsk anti-plague institute"],"read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[{"id":"no_evidence","label":"No evidence shown","why":"It asserts a finding (no infection, negative tests, no leak, under control) without published evidence: no test results, data or methods."},{"id":"concealment_record","label":"Record of concealment","why":"It rests on authorities with a documented record of concealing outbreaks: Soviet and Russian authorities denied the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak of 1979 until 1992; Chinese authorities hid SARS in 2003."},{"id":"own_conduct","label":"Judges its own conduct","why":"It comes from a party judging its own conduct or answerable for the outcome, such as the agency or institute responsible, or a government defending its handling."}],"sources":["https://expert.ru/news/irkutskiy-gubernator-isklyuchil-avariynye-situatsii-v-protivochumnom-institute"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Igor Kobzev said no accidents were found during pathogen work at the Irkutsk anti-plague institute.","topic":"lab_accident"},{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":2,"languages_backing":2,"outlets_backing":2,"reports_checked":4,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":2,"confidence":"high","why":"2 independent reports back it and none say otherwise","words":"Probably true"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1228","id":"f-01m4ekdb3s8k018mn9yjcckphd","independent_reports_backing":2,"machine_written":true,"names":["Igor Kobzev"],"per":"Igor Kobzev","read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[{"id":"concealment_record","label":"Record of concealment","why":"It rests on authorities with a documented record of concealing outbreaks: Soviet and Russian authorities denied the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak of 1979 until 1992; Chinese authorities hid SARS in 2003."},{"id":"no_evidence","label":"No evidence shown","why":"It asserts a finding (no infection, negative tests, no leak, under control) without published evidence: no test results, data or methods."},{"id":"own_conduct","label":"Judges its own conduct","why":"It comes from a party judging its own conduct or answerable for the outcome, such as the agency or institute responsible, or a government defending its handling."}],"sources":["https://expert.ru/news/irkutskiy-gubernator-isklyuchil-avariynye-situatsii-v-protivochumnom-institute","https://novini.bg/article/2026100817000110367","https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2026/10/russia-afirma-nao-ter-detectado-patologia-infecciosa-nos-contatos-de-suposto-caso-de-peste.shtml"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Igor Kobzev said about 5,000 laboratory tests found no dangerous pathogens.","topic":"confirmation"},{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":0,"languages_backing":0,"outlets_backing":0,"reports_checked":4,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"the passages it cites do not say it","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1228","id":"f-01m4ekdb3syvds3vee3s6vxtkk","independent_reports_backing":0,"machine_written":true,"names":["Igor Kobzev","Rospotrebnadzor","Irkutsk Oblast"],"per":"Igor Kobzev","read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[{"id":"concealment_record","label":"Record of concealment","why":"It rests on authorities with a documented record of concealing outbreaks: Soviet and Russian authorities denied the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak of 1979 until 1992; Chinese authorities hid SARS in 2003."},{"id":"own_conduct","label":"Judges its own conduct","why":"It comes from a party judging its own conduct or answerable for the outcome, such as the agency or institute responsible, or a government defending its handling."},{"id":"no_evidence","label":"No evidence shown","why":"It asserts a finding (no infection, negative tests, no leak, under control) without published evidence: no test results, data or methods."}],"sources":["https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2026/10/russia-afirma-nao-ter-detectado-patologia-infecciosa-nos-contatos-de-suposto-caso-de-peste.shtml","https://vilniaus.diena.lt/naujienos/pasaulis/ekonomika-ir-politika/rusija-teigia-nenustaciusi-maro-plitimo-pozymiu-1778121"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Igor Kobzev said Rospotrebnadzor reported all preventive measures had been applied in Irkutsk Oblast.","topic":"public_measures"},{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":0,"languages_backing":0,"outlets_backing":0,"reports_checked":4,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"no report checked says it either way","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1228","id":"f-01m4ekdb3sgxkm59em6b1bbm5k","independent_reports_backing":0,"machine_written":true,"names":["Igor Kobzev","Irkutsk","Shelekhov"],"per":"Igor Kobzev","read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[{"id":"concealment_record","label":"Record of concealment","why":"It rests on authorities with a documented record of concealing outbreaks: Soviet and Russian authorities denied the Sverdlovsk anthrax leak of 1979 until 1992; Chinese authorities hid SARS in 2003."},{"id":"no_evidence","label":"No evidence shown","why":"It asserts a finding (no infection, negative tests, no leak, under control) without published evidence: no test results, data or methods."},{"id":"own_conduct","label":"Judges its own conduct","why":"It comes from a party judging its own conduct or answerable for the outcome, such as the agency or institute responsible, or a government defending its handling."}],"sources":["https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/equilibrioesaude/2026/10/russia-afirma-nao-ter-detectado-patologia-infecciosa-nos-contatos-de-suposto-caso-de-peste.shtml","https://vilniaus.diena.lt/naujienos/pasaulis/ekonomika-ir-politika/rusija-teigia-nenustaciusi-maro-plitimo-pozymiu-1778121"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Igor Kobzev said the sanitary and epidemiological situation was stable in Irkutsk and Shelekhov.","topic":"expert_view"}],"first_report":"2026-10-08T15:47:00Z","happened_on":"2026-10-08","id":"e-1228","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":true,"links":[],"reports":6,"reports_agreeing_on_the_day":2,"reports_giving_a_day":3,"title":"Irkutsk governor Kobzev addresses suspected plague infection","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-1228"}}