{"as_of":"2026-10-07T14:46:24Z","run":"run-1791384384-1791384794","licence":"CC-BY-4.0","cite":"Plague News, \"Plague outbreak in Irkutsk region, Russia\", updated 7 October 2026, 14:46 UTC, https://plaguenews.com/","data":{"facts":["f-01m4b245mp68hdtcjxz76y2cgj","f-01m4b245mpt2c1zb09664gg690","f-01m4b245mpwgd0mv25m71rgqe9","f-01m4b245mp47dhr7qc2sgebjq8","f-01m4b245mp2zp5sk47r92q9wj2"],"facts_detail":[{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-977","id":"f-01m4b245mp68hdtcjxz76y2cgj","machine_written":true,"names":["Diario de Yucatán","United States"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2026/10/06/hay-casos-mortales-de-peste-a-solo-825-horas-de-yucatan.html"],"status":"reported","text":"Diario de Yucatán reported a confirmed human plague death in the United States in 2026."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4b245mp68hdtcjxz76y2cgj","disputed":false,"event":"e-977","id":"f-01m4b245mpt2c1zb09664gg690","machine_written":true,"names":["Santa Fe County"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2026/10/06/hay-casos-mortales-de-peste-a-solo-825-horas-de-yucatan.html"],"status":"reported","text":"The report identified the deceased woman as being from Santa Fe County."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4b245mp68hdtcjxz76y2cgj","disputed":false,"event":"e-977","id":"f-01m4b245mpwgd0mv25m71rgqe9","machine_written":true,"names":["Yucatán"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"reported","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2026/10/06/hay-casos-mortales-de-peste-a-solo-825-horas-de-yucatan.html"],"status":"reported","text":"The reported US city was 8:25 hours from Yucatán by commercial flight."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"disputed":false,"event":"e-977","id":"f-01m4b245mp47dhr7qc2sgebjq8","machine_written":true,"names":["ECDC","Irkutsk"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2026/10/06/hay-casos-mortales-de-peste-a-solo-825-horas-de-yucatan.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"ECDC reported monitoring a laboratory worker in Irkutsk with suspected pneumonic plague on 6 October."},{"credibility":{"basis":{},"code":6,"confidence":"low","why":"not yet checked against the reports","words":"Truth cannot be judged"},"detail_of":"f-01m4b245mp47dhr7qc2sgebjq8","disputed":false,"event":"e-977","id":"f-01m4b245mp2zp5sk47r92q9wj2","machine_written":true,"names":["ECDC"],"read_with_skepticism":false,"shown_status":"confirmed","skepticism_reasons":[],"sources":["https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2026/10/06/hay-casos-mortales-de-peste-a-solo-825-horas-de-yucatan.html"],"status":"confirmed","text":"ECDC said the laboratory worker died of pneumonia on 2 October."}],"first_report":"2026-10-07T01:41:44Z","happened_on":"2026-10-02","id":"e-977","linked_to_siberian_outbreak":true,"links":[],"reports":1,"reports_agreeing_on_the_day":1,"reports_giving_a_day":1,"title":"Report mentions plague deaths near Yucatán","url":"https://plaguenews.com/id/e-977"}}