{"as_of":"2026-10-17T13:46:09Z","run":"run-1792244769-1792244246","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 17 October 2026, 13:46 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m54t2jq18r5a5xx4g1fmjrmc","f-01m54t2jq1n54z447yyjsk3h4k"],"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-1514","id":"f-01m54t2jq18r5a5xx4g1fmjrmc","independent_reports_backing":1,"machine_written":true,"names":["Christian Lindmeier","WHO"],"per":"Christian Lindmeier","read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"reported","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."}],"sources":["https://www.vietnam.vn/en/who-len-tieng-tran-an-sau-ca-tu-vong-nghi-vi-benh-dich-hach-o-nga"],"status":"reported","text":"Christian Lindmeier, WHO spokesperson: tests of Daria Shipilova's contacts detected no dangerous infectious pathogens.","topic":"contacts"},{"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-1514","id":"f-01m54t2jq1n54z447yyjsk3h4k","independent_reports_backing":0,"machine_written":true,"names":["Dmitry Peskov","Rospotrebnadzor","Irkutsk"],"read_with_skepticism":true,"reports_contradicting":0,"shown_status":"reported","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."}],"sources":["https://www.vietnam.vn/en/who-len-tieng-tran-an-sau-ca-tu-vong-nghi-vi-benh-dich-hach-o-nga"],"status":"reported","text":"Dmitry Peskov said people should trust Rospotrebnadzor's assessments of the Irkutsk epidemiological situation.","topic":"expert_view"}],"first_report":"2026-10-06T22:45:46Z","id":"e-1514","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":true,"links":[],"reports":1,"title":"WHO says tests of laboratory worker's contacts found no dangerous pathogens","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-1514"}}