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Measure lifted · 8 Oct 2026 · Shelekhov District Hospital, Irkutsk, Irkutsk City Clinical Hospital No. 1, Irkutsk Clinical Hospital No. 3, Ivano-Matreninskaya Children’s Clinical Hospital

Hospital quarantines in Shelekhov and Irkutsk lifted

How well sourcedConfirmed by officials
Chance it’s true66% · Likely
Independent sources1 of 3 outlets

Irkutsk governor Igor Kobzev announced that the anti-epidemic measures were complete and the quarantines imposed on medical institutions in Shelekhov and Irkutsk had been lifted. Some outlets date the lifting to 9 October.

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13 Oct, 20:21 GMT+866% ▲ 6Confirmed by officials · 1 independent / 3 outletssupporting evidence: Radio Svoboda citing Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev
12 Oct, 17:48 GMT+860%Only one original source · 1 independent / 2 outletssupporting evidence: Current Time (Nastoyashchee Vremya) citing Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev
12 Oct, 17:48 GMT+860% ▲ 35Only one original source · 1 independent / 1 outletssupporting evidence: Iznanka citing Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev
12 Oct, 17:48 GMT+825%No source yet · 0 independent / 0 outletsclaim created

Supporting evidence (1 independent · 3 reports)

Irkutsk Governor Igor Kobzev · original source · official governmentrepeated by 3 outlets → counts once

Added 12 Oct, 17:48 GMT+8 · updated 13 Oct, 20:21 GMT+8 · origin: scraper. Have a source that confirms or contradicts this? Use submit_evidence with claim id 57 via MCP.