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Reported by the exiled outlet Lyudi Baikala; not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "location_id": "irkutsk-hospital-1", "event_date": "2026-10-04", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.599, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "All reports trace back to a single original source (Lyudi Baikala); not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:28.265Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:03:38.147Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 8, "location_name": "Irkutsk City Clinical Hospital No. 1", "lat": 52.2642, "lon": 104.3083, "evidence_count": 8 }, { "id": 16, "claim_type": "quarantine_measure", "title": "Irkutsk Clinical Hospital No. 3 under three-week quarantine", "summary": "Irkutsk Clinical Hospital No. 3 in Irkutsk was reportedly closed for a three-week quarantine: patients cannot leave and visitors are not allowed, only parcels with food and belongings. Reported by the exiled outlet Lyudi Baikala; not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "location_id": "irkutsk-hospital-3", "event_date": "2026-10-04", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.599, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "All reports trace back to a single original source (Lyudi Baikala); not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:29.396Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:03:39.017Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 8, "location_name": "Irkutsk Clinical Hospital No. 3", "lat": 52.2835, "lon": 104.2979, "evidence_count": 8 }, { "id": 17, "claim_type": "quarantine_measure", "title": "Ivano-Matreninskaya Children’s Clinical Hospital under three-week quarantine", "summary": "Ivano-Matreninskaya Children’s Clinical Hospital in Irkutsk was reportedly closed for a three-week quarantine: patients cannot leave and visitors are not allowed, only parcels with food and belongings. Reported by the exiled outlet Lyudi Baikala; not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "location_id": "ivano-matreninskaya-hospital", "event_date": "2026-10-04", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.599, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "All reports trace back to a single original source (Lyudi Baikala); not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:30.489Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:03:39.904Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 8, "location_name": "Ivano-Matreninskaya Children’s Clinical Hospital", "lat": 52.2806, "lon": 104.3221, "evidence_count": 8 }, { "id": 18, "claim_type": "quarantine_measure", "title": "Irkutsk Clinical Hospital No. 10 and a maternity hospital under quarantine", "summary": "The same reports say Irkutsk City Clinical Hospital No. 10 and at least one maternity hospital were also placed under a three-week quarantine. Not confirmed by the authorities.", "location_id": "irkutsk", "event_date": "2026-10-04", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.599, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "All reports trace back to a single original source (Lyudi Baikala); not confirmed by the authorities, and no official reason was given.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:31.498Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:03:40.835Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 9, "location_name": "Irkutsk", "lat": 52.287, "lon": 104.305, "evidence_count": 9 }, { "id": 27, "claim_type": "official_statement", "title": "Rospotrebnadzor: tests on contacts found 2 COVID-19 and 2 rhinovirus cases, no plague", "summary": "Rospotrebnadzor says testing of the people under observation found two COVID-19 cases and two rhinovirus infections, and no other infectious pathogens. (Attributed to: Rospotrebnadzor.)", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-04", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.538, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T16:04:18.705Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T16:18:24.229Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 1, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 1 }, { "id": 24, "claim_type": "public_measure", "title": "No emergency regime or restrictions declared in the Irkutsk region", "summary": "Despite the quarantines and isolation of contacts, the authorities have not declared a heightened-readiness regime or any other restrictions, and have not named the “especially dangerous infection”. (Attributed to: Govorit NeMoskva.)", "location_id": "irkutsk-oblast", "event_date": "2026-10-04", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.444, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T16:04:11.763Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:01.346Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 1, "location_name": "Irkutsk Oblast", "lat": 53, "lon": 104.5, "evidence_count": 2 }, { "id": 19, "claim_type": "public_measure", "title": "Mandatory masks at the Irkutsk Aluminium Plant in Shelekhov", "summary": "IrkAZ general director Artem Fominykh announced on Telegram that medical masks are mandatory at the plant, calling it a precaution and asking people not to speculate.", "location_id": "irkaz-plant", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.89, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "Meduza dates the start of the mask rule to 3 Oct; Radio Svoboda reports the announcement on 4 Oct.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:32.798Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:11.594Z", "independent_sources": 3, "outlets": 8, "location_name": "Irkutsk Aluminium Plant (IrkAZ)", "lat": 52.1873, "lon": 104.082, "evidence_count": 10 }, { "id": 10, "claim_type": "supply_shortage", "title": "Antibiotic shortages in pharmacies due to panic buying", "summary": "RBC-Ukraine, citing The Sun, reports antibiotic shortages in Irkutsk-region pharmacies amid panic buying.", "location_id": "irkutsk", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.713, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:21.296Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:58.102Z", "independent_sources": 3, "outlets": 3, "location_name": "Irkutsk", "lat": 52.287, "lon": 104.305, "evidence_count": 3 }, { "id": 30, "claim_type": "official_statement", "title": "Governor Kobzev met Roszdravnadzor head Alla Samoilova; his post does not mention plague", "summary": "On Saturday Governor Kobzev wrote on Telegram that he met Alla Samoilova, head of the federal healthcare watchdog Roszdravnadzor, about inspection results and access to medical care. The post does not mention plague, and he did not answer commenters asking why. (Attributed to: Igor Kobzev (Telegram).)", "location_id": "irkutsk-oblast", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "officially_confirmed", "likelihood": 0.657, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:03.199Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:04.078Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 1, "location_name": "Irkutsk Oblast", "lat": 53, "lon": 104.5, "evidence_count": 1 }, { "id": 11, "claim_type": "public_measure", "title": "Mass events cancelled in the region", "summary": "Unconfirmed reports (RBC-Ukraine citing The Sun) that mass events have been cancelled in the Irkutsk region.", "location_id": "irkutsk-oblast", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.617, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:21.904Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:49.753Z", "independent_sources": 2, "outlets": 2, "location_name": "Irkutsk Oblast", "lat": 53, "lon": 104.5, "evidence_count": 2 }, { "id": 12, "claim_type": "rumor", "title": "Official advice against travel to Shelekhov was published, then deleted", "summary": "RBC-Ukraine reports that an official notice advising against travel to Shelekhov was later deleted; epidemiologist Mikhail Favorov is quoted alleging large-scale concealment.", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "officially_confirmed", "likelihood": 0.614, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "Meduza reports the deleted post was published by the administration of Baikalsk.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:22.482Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:13.669Z", "independent_sources": 2, "outlets": 6, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 6 }, { "id": 29, "claim_type": "other", "title": "REN TV deleted its Telegram posts about the number of people hospitalized", "summary": "Lyudi Baikala reports that the federal channel REN TV deleted its Telegram post on the number of hospitalized patients; in total five posts about plague were removed. (Attributed to: Lyudi Baikala.)", "location_id": "irkutsk-oblast", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.599, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:01.747Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:02.713Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 1, "location_name": "Irkutsk Oblast", "lat": 53, "lon": 104.5, "evidence_count": 1 }, { "id": 25, "claim_type": "public_measure", "title": "People in protective suits seen in Shelekhov; masks handed out in kindergartens", "summary": "Residents report people in protective suits, masks and gloves on the streets of Shelekhov; masks were reportedly handed out in kindergartens. (Attributed to: Residents, via Govorit NeMoskva.)", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-03", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.556, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T16:04:12.382Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:52.967Z", "independent_sources": 2, "outlets": 3, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 3 }, { "id": 21, "claim_type": "official_statement", "title": "Governor Kobzev: suspected “especially dangerous infection”, full anti-epidemic measures", "summary": "Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev met chief sanitary doctor Anna Popova about a suspected case of an especially dangerous infection and said a full range of anti-epidemic measures is in place.", "location_id": "irkutsk-oblast", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "officially_confirmed", "likelihood": 0.964, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:34.113Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:38.020Z", "independent_sources": 6, "outlets": 6, "location_name": "Irkutsk Oblast", "lat": 53, "lon": 104.5, "evidence_count": 6 }, { "id": 3, "claim_type": "quarantine_measure", "title": "Shelekhov district hospital placed under quarantine", "summary": "The Shelekhov district hospital where the patient was treated was placed under quarantine pending the assessment of a special commission (reported by ircity.ru). Admissions and discharges were stopped in several departments.", "location_id": "shelekhov-district-hospital", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "officially_confirmed", "likelihood": 0.956, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:12.630Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:58.990Z", "independent_sources": 7, "outlets": 9, "location_name": "Shelekhov District Hospital", "lat": 52.2115, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 9 }, { "id": 2, "claim_type": "contacts_isolated", "title": "About 190 contacts placed under medical observation", "summary": "Between 189 and 197 people who may have had contact with the deceased were placed under medical observation or isolation, reportedly more than 100 of them in hospital wards (reported split: 114 in one hospital, 63 in another, 12 at the institute).", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": 189, "quantity_unit": "people", "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.947, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "REN TV (via The Moscow Times) reported at least 197; Outbreak News Today and RBC-Ukraine report 189.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:10.608Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:14.488Z", "independent_sources": 10, "outlets": 18, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 19 }, { "id": 7, "claim_type": "official_statement", "title": "Governor Kobzev: identified contacts show no signs of illness", "summary": "Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev said on Telegram on 2 Oct that all identified contact persons show no signs of illness.", "location_id": "irkutsk-oblast", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "officially_confirmed", "likelihood": 0.939, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:18.652Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:12.528Z", "independent_sources": 5, "outlets": 5, "location_name": "Irkutsk Oblast", "lat": 53, "lon": 104.5, "evidence_count": 5 }, { "id": 28, "claim_type": "official_statement", "title": "Rospotrebnadzor head Anna Popova came to the region for an emergency sanitary commission", "summary": "On 2 Oct the head of Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, came to the Irkutsk region and took part in an extraordinary meeting of the regional sanitary-epidemiological commission. (Attributed to: Moika78.)", "location_id": "shelekhov-district-hospital", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.932, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T16:04:23.339Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:51.856Z", "independent_sources": 5, "outlets": 5, "location_name": "Shelekhov District Hospital", "lat": 52.2115, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 5 }, { "id": 31, "claim_type": "official_statement", "title": "Shelekhov mayor promised updates, then urged residents not to spread rumours", "summary": "Shelekhov mayor Maxim Modin wrote on Telegram about an unknown infection and promised clarifications and recommendations, but later only posted a call not to spread rumours and false information. (Attributed to: Maxim Modin (Telegram).)", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "officially_confirmed", "likelihood": 0.657, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:04.495Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:05.354Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 1, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 1 }, { "id": 9, "claim_type": "investigation", "title": "Criminal case opened over health-safety violations causing death", "summary": "Law enforcement opened a criminal investigation into violations of health and safety rules resulting in death (reported via ENews112).", "location_id": "irkutsk", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.634, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:20.475Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:50.704Z", "independent_sources": 2, "outlets": 2, "location_name": "Irkutsk", "lat": 52.287, "lon": 104.305, "evidence_count": 2 }, { "id": 8, "claim_type": "case_suspected", "title": "Some isolated contacts have developed symptoms", "summary": "NEXTA, citing the exiled outlet Lyudi Baikala, reported that some of the people placed in isolation developed symptoms, and that ambulances were being escorted by FSB.", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-02", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "disputed", "likelihood": 0.151, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "Contradicted by the governor’s statement the same day. No count given.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:19.237Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T16:17:56.925Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 3, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 3 }, { "id": 1, "claim_type": "death", "title": "Anti-plague institute lab worker died in Shelekhov hospital after severe pneumonia", "summary": "A 28-year-old employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute was hospitalized on 29 Sep with severe pneumonia in Shelekhov, placed on a ventilator, and died on 1–2 Oct. That she died is not in doubt; whether it was plague is disputed (see the separate claim on the cause of death).", "location_id": "shelekhov-district-hospital", "event_date": "2026-10-01", "quantity": 1, "quantity_unit": "people", "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.959, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "Outlets differ on whether she died on the night of 1 or 2 October.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:07.926Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:16.827Z", "independent_sources": 13, "outlets": 15, "location_name": "Shelekhov District Hospital", "lat": 52.2115, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 15 }, { "id": 26, "claim_type": "other", "title": "FSB escorts ambulances taking contacts for examination", "summary": "FSB units are reported to escort the ambulances that take people who had contact with the deceased to medical examinations. (Attributed to: Govorit NeMoskva.)", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-01", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.866, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "scraper", "submitted_by": "scraper (claude session)", "created_at": "2026-10-04T16:04:13.004Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:53.920Z", "independent_sources": 3, "outlets": 3, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 3 }, { "id": 6, "claim_type": "clinical_form", "title": "If plague, it was the pneumonic form", "summary": "Several outlets describe the case as pneumonic plague (severe pneumonia, ventilation). Officials have not specified the form; some outlets call it bubonic.", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-10-01", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "corroborated", "likelihood": 0.706, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": null, "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:16.627Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:32.052Z", "independent_sources": 6, "outlets": 8, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 8 }, { "id": 14, "claim_type": "clinical_form", "title": "Cause of death was plague", "summary": "Several outlets and the head of Buryatia said the worker died of plague (most say pneumonic plague). Rospotrebnadzor says it was pneumonia of undetermined cause with no work-related pathogens found, and former chief sanitary doctor Gennady Onishchenko said it is “unlikely to be plague”.", "location_id": "shelekhov-district-hospital", "event_date": "2026-10-01", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "disputed", "likelihood": 0.45, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": 0.45, "analyst_note": "Likelihood set by analyst to 45%: the official denial is countered by quarantines at several hospitals and reports from medical staff. Buryatia head Tsydenov first wrote that she died of plague, then edited his post to “possibly died of plague” (Meduza). Treat as unresolved.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:25.541Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:02:01.469Z", "independent_sources": 6, "outlets": 18, "location_name": "Shelekhov District Hospital", "lat": 52.2115, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 19 }, { "id": 4, "claim_type": "origin_hypothesis", "title": "Infection from a broken test tube with live bacteria at the institute", "summary": "The worker reportedly told medical staff she had accidentally broken a test tube containing live bacteria while collecting samples for testing.", "location_id": "irkutsk-antiplague-institute", "event_date": "2026-09-28", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "disputed", "likelihood": 0.313, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "Based on an account attributed to medical staff via the Telegram channel Govorit_NeMoskva. On 4 Oct Rospotrebnadzor said no work-related pathogens and no laboratory accidents were found. Event date is approximate.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:13.858Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:03:41.785Z", "independent_sources": 6, "outlets": 17, "location_name": "Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute", "lat": 52.2752, "lon": 104.3197, "evidence_count": 18 }, { "id": 20, "claim_type": "origin_hypothesis", "title": "Infection after a trip to Thailand", "summary": "Meduza mentions a version in which the worker fell ill with pneumonic plague after returning from Thailand.", "location_id": "shelekhov", "event_date": "2026-09-28", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "single_source", "likelihood": 0.15, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": 0.15, "analyst_note": "Likelihood set by analyst to 15%: Meduza only reports that this version circulates, with no named source. Event date is a placeholder.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:33.580Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:33.948Z", "independent_sources": 1, "outlets": 1, "location_name": "Shelekhov", "lat": 52.2136, "lon": 104.1003, "evidence_count": 1 }, { "id": 5, "claim_type": "origin_hypothesis", "title": "Infection acquired on a work trip to the Buryatia–Mongolia border area", "summary": "An alternative explanation: the worker had returned from a work trip to Buryatia near the Mongolian border, where plague activity had been reported.", "location_id": "buryatia-mongolia-border", "event_date": "2026-09-25", "quantity": null, "quantity_unit": null, "verification": "disputed", "likelihood": 0.219, "verification_override": null, "likelihood_override": null, "analyst_note": "Buryatia head Tsydenov stated there is no plague in the Buryatia–Mongolia border areas. Event date is a placeholder.", "review_state": "published", "origin": "seed", "submitted_by": "seed", "created_at": "2026-10-04T15:46:15.777Z", "updated_at": "2026-10-04T18:01:37.049Z", "independent_sources": 3, "outlets": 6, "location_name": "Buryatia–Mongolia border area", "lat": 50.355, "lon": 106.45, "evidence_count": 7 } ] }