{"as_of":"2026-10-14T18:01:19Z","run":"run-1792000879-1791999232","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 14 October 2026, 18:01 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m4xcaz9khydc9m974cdk05jq","f-01m4xcaz9kg8sc0fwrh0grshx0"],"facts_detail":[{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":1,"languages_backing":1,"outlets_backing":1,"reports_checked":1,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":3,"confidence":"moderate","why":"one independent report backs it and none say otherwise","words":"Possibly true"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-1458","id":"f-01m4xcaz9khydc9m974cdk05jq","independent_reports_backing":1,"machine_written":true,"names":["Rospotrebnadzor","Rostov Region"],"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."}],"sources":["https://161.ru/text/health/2026/10/14/76697405/"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Rostov Region's Rospotrebnadzor office: no plague cases have been registered in the region.","topic":"confirmation"},{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":1,"languages_backing":1,"outlets_backing":1,"reports_checked":1,"reports_contradicting":0},"code":3,"confidence":"moderate","why":"one independent report backs it and none say otherwise","words":"Possibly true"},"detail_of":"f-01m4xcaz9khydc9m974cdk05jq","disputed":false,"event":"e-1458","id":"f-01m4xcaz9kg8sc0fwrh0grshx0","independent_reports_backing":1,"machine_written":true,"names":["Rospotrebnadzor","Rostov Region","161.RU"],"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://161.ru/text/health/2026/10/14/76697405/"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Rospotrebnadzor told 161.RU that the plague situation in Rostov Region was calm.","topic":"confirmation"}],"first_report":"2026-10-14T13:15:00Z","id":"e-1458","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":false,"links":[],"reports":1,"title":"Rostov Region's Rospotrebnadzor reports no plague cases","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-1458"}}