{"as_of":"2026-10-07T12:46:56Z","run":"run-1791377216-1791377963","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 7 October 2026, 12:46 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m4aynjmmtjvetk97qmjm5w5w","f-01m4azj3z2130xwrg8m7t5vr5n","f-01m4azj3z20wtne338bj4kbvj2","f-01m4azj3z2mj2f4j6dx54ga7dw","f-01m4azj3z28hkz4chc1gpfxvgj","f-01m4aynjmmqndh7mhaatn7ngz7","f-01m4aynjmmjtq2e3ntayd64xg2","f-01m4aynjmmxeyqrtd0w2r9bfre","f-01m4aynjmm9mv1v85dabdmc4wr","f-01m4azj3z2jgwrcy1y5gg8ypbk","f-01m4aynjmm1etzhgcrdasfddy0","f-01m4aynjmm2wbwrh4se794fp3w","f-01m4aynjmm9hphzysv1pxwm57g","f-01m4aynjmmgrb91gza126kapcn","f-01m4aynjmms90y1t7qstyjkx6r","f-01m4azj3z24vxrv28rk8xbgwdh","f-01m4azj3z20t0p35mz9vaz97dj","f-01m4azj3z24ck6gqwx87frm22w","f-01m4azj3z25ypwc2gktqeemamt","f-01m4aynjmmmns7dx83sn89c74h","f-01m4aynjmmf0p29dxxryd2wyjb","f-01m4azj3z29e4rms52s2mq4ezr","f-01m4azj3z24zmazhfe48j1ckwd"],"facts_detail":[{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmtjvetk97qmjm5w5w","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Irkutsk"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.9tv.co.il/item/269127","https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html","https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/actualidad/internacional/2026/10/06/oms-sigue-cerca-caso-trabajadora-laboratorio-rusia-supuesta-peste-pulmonar-837820-29.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO requested information from Russian authorities about a possible pneumonic plague case in Irkutsk.","topic":"international"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmtjvetk97qmjm5w5w","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z2130xwrg8m7t5vr5n","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO requested information about the cause of Daria Shipilova's severe pneumonia."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmtjvetk97qmjm5w5w","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z20wtne338bj4kbvj2","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO requested information about the pathogen that prompted public health measures."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmtjvetk97qmjm5w5w","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z2mj2f4j6dx54ga7dw","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.rnz.de/politik/nachrichten_artikel,-Tod-einer-jungen-Frau-Lungenpest-Verdacht-WHO-und-USA-fordern-Infos-von-Russland-_arid,2448563.html","https://www.schwaebische.de/politik/lungenpest-verdacht-who-und-usa-fordern-infos-von-russland-4918298"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO requested information about reports of a second employee with pneumonia of undetermined cause."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmtjvetk97qmjm5w5w","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z28hkz4chc1gpfxvgj","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Russian health authorities"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.rnz.de/politik/nachrichten_artikel,-Tod-einer-jungen-Frau-Lungenpest-Verdacht-WHO-und-USA-fordern-Infos-von-Russland-_arid,2448563.html","https://www.schwaebische.de/politik/lungenpest-verdacht-who-und-usa-fordern-infos-von-russland-4918298"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO offered technical support to Russian health authorities."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmqndh7mhaatn7ngz7","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO contacted Russian authorities on 3 October after its surveillance system detected the case.","topic":"international"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmjtq2e3ntayd64xg2","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"per":"Christian Lindmeier","read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO had not received an official notification under the International Health Regulations.","topic":"international"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmxeyqrtd0w2r9bfre","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Europe"],"read_with_skepticism":true,"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."}],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO assessed the health risk as very low in Europe.","topic":"expert_view"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmxeyqrtd0w2r9bfre","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmm9mv1v85dabdmc4wr","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Irkutsk"],"read_with_skepticism":true,"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."}],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO assessed the health risk in Irkutsk as between moderate and low.","topic":"expert_view"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmxeyqrtd0w2r9bfre","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z2jgwrcy1y5gg8ypbk","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Russia"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO assessed the health risk as low for Russia as a whole."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmm1etzhgcrdasfddy0","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Copenhagen","Geneva"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"WHO added technical experts from Copenhagen and Geneva to monitor the case between 3 and 5 October.","topic":"international"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmm1etzhgcrdasfddy0","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmm2wbwrh4se794fp3w","machine_written":true,"names":[],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"The experts included specialists in threats and high-risk pathogens."},{"credibility":{"basis":{"facts_contradicting":1},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":true,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmm9hphzysv1pxwm57g","machine_written":true,"names":[],"read_with_skepticism":true,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[{"id":"contradicted","label":"Contradicted","why":"Other reports or facts on this page contradict it."}],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.9tv.co.il/item/269127","https://elnacional.com.do/mundo/oms-pide-rusia-informacion-sobre-posible-caso-mortal-peste-neumonica-siberia_582674.html","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986","https://www.elpais.com.co/mundo/oms-pide-explicaciones-a-rusia-por-posible-caso-mortal-de-peste-neumonica-en-siberia-0647.html"],"status":"reported","text":"Daria Shipilova died on 2 October.","topic":"death_and_cause"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmm9hphzysv1pxwm57g","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmgrb91gza126kapcn","machine_written":true,"names":["Shelekhov","Irkutsk"],"per":"the outlets, naming no source","read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.rnz.de/politik/nachrichten_artikel,-Tod-einer-jungen-Frau-Lungenpest-Verdacht-WHO-und-USA-fordern-Infos-von-Russland-_arid,2448563.html","https://www.schwaebische.de/politik/lungenpest-verdacht-who-und-usa-fordern-infos-von-russland-4918298","https://privatbankar.hu/cikkek/nemzetkozi/a-who-fokozottan-figyeli-az-orosz-pestis-gyanus-halaleset-koruli-fejlemenyeket.html"],"status":"reported","text":"Daria Shipilova died in a hospital in Shelekhov, near Irkutsk.","topic":"death_and_cause"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmm9hphzysv1pxwm57g","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmms90y1t7qstyjkx6r","machine_written":true,"names":["Irkutsk"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/actualidad/internacional/2026/10/06/oms-sigue-cerca-caso-trabajadora-laboratorio-rusia-supuesta-peste-pulmonar-837820-29.html"],"status":"reported","text":"Daria Shipilova worked at a laboratory in Irkutsk that studied dangerous pathogens.","topic":"victim"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z24vxrv28rk8xbgwdh","machine_written":true,"names":[],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Russian authorities conducted an epidemiological investigation."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4azj3z24vxrv28rk8xbgwdh","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z20t0p35mz9vaz97dj","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO","Irkutsk oblast"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"denied","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"denied","text":"Russian authorities told WHO that no recent plague cases had been registered in Irkutsk oblast."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4azj3z24vxrv28rk8xbgwdh","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z24ck6gqwx87frm22w","machine_written":true,"names":[],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Russian authorities implemented preventive and control measures."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z25ypwc2gktqeemamt","machine_written":true,"names":["Rospotrebnadzor"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.9tv.co.il/item/269127"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Rospotrebnadzor said Daria Shipilova's illness was pneumonia of undetermined aetiology."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmmns7dx83sn89c74h","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":true,"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."}],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Russian authorities told WHO that all Daria Shipilova's contacts were identified and medically monitored.","topic":"contacts"},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmmns7dx83sn89c74h","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4aynjmmf0p29dxxryd2wyjb","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Russian authorities told WHO that Daria Shipilova's contacts were tested."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmmns7dx83sn89c74h","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z29e4rms52s2mq4ezr","machine_written":true,"names":["WHO"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://georgiatoday.ge/who-seeks-clarification-from-russia-over-suspected-plague-reports-in-irkutsk/","https://www.diariolibre.com/mundo/europa/2026/10/06/oms-pide-transparencia-a-rusia-tras-sospecha-de-peste-neumonica/3680986"],"status":"confirmed","text":"Russian authorities told WHO that no high-threat pathogens were detected among Daria Shipilova's contacts."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4aynjmmmns7dx83sn89c74h","disputed":false,"event":"e-271","id":"f-01m4azj3z24zmazhfe48j1ckwd","machine_written":true,"names":["Christian Lindmeier"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://privatbankar.hu/cikkek/nemzetkozi/a-who-fokozottan-figyeli-az-orosz-pestis-gyanus-halaleset-koruli-fejlemenyeket.html","https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/actualidad/internacional/2026/10/06/oms-sigue-cerca-caso-trabajadora-laboratorio-rusia-supuesta-peste-pulmonar-837820-29.html"],"status":"reported","text":"Christian Lindmeier said none of Daria Shipilova's contacts had shown symptoms."}],"first_report":"2026-10-04T20:23:00Z","happened_on":"2026-10-02","id":"e-271","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":true,"links":[{"event":"e-217","p":0.81,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"},{"event":"e-251","p":0.93,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"},{"event":"e-781","p":0.99,"p_words":"almost certain","relation":"Also reported as"},{"event":"e-782","p":0.88,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"},{"event":"e-869","p":0.8,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"},{"event":"e-874","p":0.94,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"},{"event":"e-908","p":0.82,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"},{"event":"e-915","p":0.9,"p_words":"very likely","relation":"Drew a response"}],"reports":141,"reports_agreeing_on_the_day":53,"reports_giving_a_day":62,"title":"WHO requests information on suspected Siberian case","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-271"}}