{"as_of":"2026-10-17T04:31:08Z","run":"run-1792211468-1792211638","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 17 October 2026, 04:31 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m53v5spgybpejqb7hhkt0585"],"facts_detail":[{"credibility":{"basis":{"independent_reports_backing":0,"languages_backing":0,"outlets_backing":0,"reports_checked":1,"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-1504","id":"f-01m53v5spgybpejqb7hhkt0585","independent_reports_backing":0,"machine_written":true,"names":["Chengdu"],"read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"denied","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://www.epochtimes.com/b5/26/10/16/n14871441.htm"],"status":"denied","text":"Chengdu disease control staff denied plague rumours but told reporters plague information must be kept confidential.","topic":"confirmation","via":"The Epoch Times"}],"first_report":"2026-10-16T23:47:17Z","happened_on":"2026-10-02","id":"e-1504","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":true,"links":[],"reports":1,"reports_agreeing_on_the_day":1,"reports_giving_a_day":1,"title":"Unverified report of plague death in Chengdu emerges","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-1504"}}