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120 items in the research collection. Republishing a report does not constitute independent confirmation.
Statement by Mayor Maxim Modin
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Admissions and discharges suspended in some departments from October 1; not evidence of the whole institution closing.
Governor's official Telegram
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Edited label visible; edit history not obtained. Direct post link: https://t.me/kobzevii/17919
Own clarification of name; Stepanov, Mash, anonymous sources
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Accident claim not confirmed by a primary document. The headline categorically states a cause of death.
Telegram; link also indexed at list.tg/channel/stepanovnm/6836
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Text known through quotations and indexing
The identity and knowledge of the source behind the laboratory-accident claim are not established.
Irkutsk administration press office response to the newsroom
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The cleanup was scheduled for October 3. This does not establish a general ban on mass events.
Interview with TASS (Russian state news agency; historically the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
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Newsroom link to the TASS (Russian state news agency; historically the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union) report: https://t.me/tass_agency/398474; an expert opinion is not a laboratory diagnosis.
Izvestia, unnamed source
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197 identified contacts, 189 hospitalized, 8 outside hospital; not 197 sick people.
Alexey Tsydenov's post
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Original: https://t.me/alexeytsydenov/12153; its complete initial version was not separately obtained.
Own inquiries; anonymous interviewee; SHOT, Mash
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Reports Popova's arrival and the initial COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019, the World Health Organization's designation) theory; contains no medical record.
RIA (Russian Information Agency, Russia), Mash, Baza, Lyudi Baikala, Borus
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Overlapping sources mean the publication cannot be counted as new medical confirmation.
Lyudi Baikala and other reports
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A mirror is not a separate newsroom or an independent diagnostic source.
112 / media reports
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The order opening the case and confirmation from Russia's Investigative Committee were not obtained.
Lyudi Baikala
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According to the publication, the Baikalsk mayor's warning disappeared after about two hours; five REN TV (Russian television channel) items were also reportedly deleted. Archived versions were not verified.
Public channel of the company director
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Telegram shell opened; content from media
Mask requirement described as preventive.
Rospotrebnadzor press office (Russia's public-health watchdog)
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Diagnosis, examinations and commission findings reported by the agency; no medical protocols attached.
Lyudi Baikala, residents, Telegram
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Original Lyudi Baikala post (Russian regional outlet): https://t.me/Baikal_People/16651. Arrangements at each hospital require separate verification.
Interviews with colleagues, patients and relatives; official statements
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Some interviewees' names are incomplete; editorial checking cannot stand in for independent identification.
Hospital administration on official social media
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Reports normal routine and emergency admissions. A direct URL (Uniform Resource Locator, an internet resource address) for the original post is not provided.
Regional media, official statements, expert comments
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Contains responses by Peskov and Kobzev and Mikhail Favorov's opinion.
Reporting and interviews
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English version: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/06/a-28-year-old-plague-researcher-died-in-russia-authorities-have-imposed-a-quarantine-but-deny-any-threat-of-plague-and-locals-are-struggling-to-make-sense-of-it; one editorial work.
Rospotrebnadzor (Russia's Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing)
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The disavowed document, hospital restrictions and contact quarantine must be distinguished.
Rospotrebnadzor (Russia's public-health watchdog) / TASS (Russian state news agency; historically the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union)
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The percentage cannot be converted into an exact count without a confirmed denominator.
Dmitry Peskov's exchange with journalists
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A statement of unawareness does not establish that no approach occurred.
Rospotrebnadzor press office (Russia's public-health watchdog)
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The agency's characterization of WHO's (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) position should be compared with WHO originals.
Rospotrebnadzor (Russia's Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing)
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Full main text indexed; direct opening failed
Over 90% completed monitoring; almost 5,000 tests. Expanded version: https://www.interfax-russia.ru/index.php/siberia/main/epidemicheskie-riski-dlya-naseleniya-irkutska-i-irkutskoy-oblasti-otsutstvuyut-rospotrebnadzor
Comparison of public statements
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An editorial article does not replace the two agencies' originals.
Interview with the co-founder of Lyudi Baikala
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Card and description checked; full video not watched
Around 40 minutes long; an unchecked transcript cannot be quoted.
Reprint of October 7 statement
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A new reprint date does not imply new test results.
WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency)
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Request on October 3; Russian response on October 6; further questions and offer of assistance.
UN (United Nations) transcript
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Found in indexing; direct opening failed
Reuters and AFP (Agence France-Presse, an international news agency based in France) also record the remarks; a full chronological cross-check of the transcript was not performed.
WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) briefing
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A news-agency copy, not separate confirmation from MarketScreener.
WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) briefing
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Early stage of the briefing, before receipt of the official response was reported.
Rospotrebnadzor (Russia's public-health watchdog), WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency), Rubio, Trump
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News-agency page read
A different hour appeared in indexing; reasons not established.
Correspondent interviews
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A few interviewees do not represent the whole city's public opinion.
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (European Union agency)
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Official text indexed in search; opening failed
Reports limited information and no reports of secondary cases / sustained transmission.
European Commission
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EU (European Union) institutional responses do not equal separate statements from all member states.
European Commission
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Discussion announced; minutes and full decision list not obtained.
European Commission briefing
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Search indexing; page failed to open
Reports participation by WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) and ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, a European Union agency); primary minutes not obtained.
Unnamed administration official
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Report of White House awareness; not a personal Trump statement.
Official comments and media reports
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The page was updated; initial publication time does not date every later quotation.
State Department, public comments
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The address found is provided; access is limited.
Trump's remarks to journalists
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An announcement does not establish that the conversation took place.
CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States) on X
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CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States) monitoring; no indications of a US threat noted.
US (United States) Embassy
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Original returns 403; address established from quoting pages
Text checked against reprints U07 and other publications; this limits verification of the original.
Reprint of U06
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The text says Level 4 remains in effect; the general recommendation to leave Russia is not described as a new plague-related ban.
Unnamed informed sources
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Preparation of a formal approach; document itself unpublished.
The Wall Street Journal, US officials
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Search indexing; opening failed
A diplomatic warning is reported; a copy of the note was not obtained. The copy's date is not the dispatch date.
Rubio to journalists; CNN (Cable News Network, a US news broadcaster)
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Includes an anonymous official's account of contacts with Russia's Foreign Ministry as early as October 2.
Trump to journalists at the White House
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He says Russia assures him it is under control; the president wants more information.
Kazakhstan Health Ministry
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Monitoring, preventive border controls; low assessed risk of imported infection. Additional dating: https://astana.interfax.kz/ru/social-and-political-news/180197 — October 5, 15:45 AST (source time-zone label; the entry specifies UTC, Coordinated Universal Time, +5).
Kyrgyzstan Health Ministry
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People, vehicles and goods at public-health checkpoints; original agency statement not obtained.
Public-health and epidemiological service; link https://t.me/sanepidcommittee/15271
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The leak headline is more categorical than the agency statement it quotes.
Davlatzoda Said, Health Ministry
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Temperature screening of border crossers reported; original order not found.
Inquiry to the institute and Russian information
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Relays a response that the suspicion was unconfirmed and no accident was identified.
Mongolia's Ministry of Health
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Information on a risk assessment; not an independent examination of the Russian patient.
Agency statement
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Request to Russia on October 5 and WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) on October 6; stronger temperature screening and health measures at airports/ports.
Thailand Health Ministry agency
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Awaiting WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) confirmation. Attachment: https://ddc.moph.go.th/uploads/files/6069820261006092534.pdf; full text of the image not transcribed.
Official statement
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No evidence of increased risk to Lithuanian residents; the agency assesses that no additional public measures are needed.
Chris Lewis, UKHSA (UK Health Security Agency, United Kingdom)
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Very low risk to the United Kingdom; a separate original agency statement not obtained.
Professional coordination network; ECDC (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Union) / WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency) material
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Not a statement by France's president, government or Foreign Ministry.
Public-health system body
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Risk to Ukraine assessed as very low; reports being monitored.
Russian reports, including Tsydenov
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Categorical wording is not accompanied by a published medical finding.
Russian regional reports
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One of the earliest foreign Russian-language articles found.
Russian publications
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Not an official Israeli response.
Retellings and cover-up allegations
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Publication of an accusatory claim is established, not its accuracy.
Russian reports and the agency's diagnosis
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Reflects international dissemination of the story.
Newsroom sources, State Department
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The CET (Central European Time) label is retained: it must not automatically be replaced with CEST (Central European Summer Time).
Television broadcast
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Broadcast time is an interval, not the story's precise second.
Television correspondent's report
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The broadcast itself is not additional diagnostic confirmation.
Television broadcast
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Continued discussion of international responses.
Television broadcast
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Original transcript read; HTTP 200, HTML saved on 8 October
Provisional broadcast transcript. Includes Trump’s answer rejecting the biological-weapon suggestion, without a diagnostic conclusion.
Address found through citation
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Original technically inaccessible
Not used to establish facts. Domains at bbc.com.im were not equated with the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation, United Kingdom).
Overview of Russian and international reports
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Overview of diagnostic and risk uncertainty.
Syndicated NYT (The New York Times, a US newspaper) story
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The nytimes.com original was not obtained; nytimespost.com was not used as NYT (The New York Times, a US newspaper).
News-agency copy on Yahoo
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Not independent Yahoo reporting.
Bloomberg story in Japanese
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Not an official Japanese response.
Russian reports and comments
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German-language coverage.
Official statements and Lyudi Baikala
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English version of the same article: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/environment/article/2026/10/06/russia-s-reassurances-only-fuel-anxiety-over-suspected-plague-outbreak-in-siberia_6758298_114.html — 09:47:03 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time).
Russian reports
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Age given as 27, whereas Lyudi Baikala (Russian regional outlet) gives 28; no document resolving the difference was obtained.
International statements
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Spanish-language follow-up to the story.
Russian statements, WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency)
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A Chinese state-media publication is not a separate statement by the PRC (People's Republic of China) government.
WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency), international reports
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The item was already published during the elapsed part of October 8.
International and Russian reports
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Chinese-language coverage; full paywalled text not checked.
Russian reports and agency position
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Secondary overview; not an independent medical examination.
Explanatory medical journalism
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Appearance in a medical journal does not provide laboratory confirmation of this case.
Russian publications
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Categorical headline; not a Ukrainian government statement.
Lyudi Baikala, blogger Ulyana Gavryunina
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Document provenance established by the newsroom from a participant's account; agency original not obtained.
US (United States) Embassy
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The headline should be read alongside the caveat about the pre-existing advisory.
WHO (World Health Organization, a United Nations specialized agency), Russian statements
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Continuation of news-agency coverage; not independent diagnosis.
Experts, official and media reports
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Discusses the distinction between known information and speculation; genetic modification of the pathogen is not established.
Retelling of publications
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Not a verified eyewitness.
Anonymous discussion
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Place of residence and personal observation unconfirmed.
Russian reports
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Vote count is neither readership nor evidence of truth.
News retelling
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One channel of dissemination beyond the Russian-speaking audience.
Link post and comments
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Indexed discussion read
Jokes and accusations are not medical information.
Retellings and memes
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Indexed discussion read
Post wording is checked against R23, not presented as a transcript.
Official publication
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Link from official transcript; full video not watched
W01 text, not automatic subtitles, used for quotations.
Telegram
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Telegram shell; content from R09
Initial assertion of a confirmed diagnosis not independently confirmed.
Telegram
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Telegram shell; content from R09
Not all reprints should be treated as sources independent of this report.
Official biography with image
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Used for position and portrait link, not medical facts.
Official biography with captioned image
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Not to be confused with Dmitry Nikolayevich Peskov.
Official biography and presidential portrait
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Link to authentic official portrait within page.
Official biographical profile
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PDF (Portable Document Format) indexing, including description of captioned portrait
October position additionally confirmed by U10.
Editorial attribution
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Image address obtained from R03
The newsroom identified the person depicted; not independently checked against a primary photographic archive; the filename is not a capture date.
Ministry spokesperson’s response to NBC
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Original read, HTTP 200; checked 8 October
Contains no confirmed diagnosis or specific new restrictions.
Marjorie Michel’s comments to journalists
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Full text read, HTTP 200; checked 8 October
Risk assessment for Canada at the time; no separate official transcript located.
Government profile of the health minister
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Official page read
Includes an official portrait; photography date unestablished.
Editorial interview with Svetlana Shipilova
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Full text read; HTML saved on 8 October; HTTP 200
The newsroom identifies its interviewee; the interview and medical records were not independently authenticated. It establishes neither a diagnosis nor medical negligence.
Primary official publication
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Original read, HTTP 200; HTML saved on 8 October
Reports an interagency assessment, instructions and normal operation of crossings in Selenge. Describes a Russian reply without publishing the email itself.
Department of Health (Philippines) statements reported by journalists
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Full text read, HTTP 200; HTML saved on 8 October
Traveler screening and monitoring rodents and fleas on incoming cargo and vessels. The full original agency statement was not obtained; this is not independent confirmation of plague.
Commission spokesperson Eva Hrncirova’s remarks reported by AFP
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Full text read through web on 8 October
Also repeats Russian statements and Mongolian measures; these passages do not constitute separate independent confirmations.
Erica Schwartz’s remarks at The Future of Health; US health-department spokesperson’s comment
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Full text read; HTTP 200, HTML saved on 8 October
Agency correction: about 200 people per year, not 200 flights; figure attributed to the department, not Schwartz. Exact speech time and a separate decision to introduce new screening were not established.
Newsroom-attributed patient and student accounts; photographs supplied by Ulyana Gavryunina according to the newsroom
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Full text and three images inspected; public HTML HTTP 200 saved on 8 October
The newsroom attributes the notice to the dispensary. Images were visually inspected; authenticity, location and photography dates were not independently established. Original orders were not published.
Direct remarks by World Health Organization spokesperson Christian Lindmeier
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Original text and shot list read; HTML HTTP 200 saved on 8 October
Primary official source for the graded preliminary assessment. Not equivalent to a full assessment and not confirmation of a plague diagnosis.
Official biographical profile
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Original read, HTTP 200; portrait visually inspected and saved on 8 October
Confirms the director’s position. Portrait obtained from the page’s identified image, not a name-match image search.
Aji Muhawarman’s 5 October statement
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Full text read, HTTP 200; HTML and photo saved on 8 October
Describes precautions, not confirmation of plague in Irkutsk. The statement about no specific alert refers to 5 October, not 7–8 October.
Televised questions and answers at the World Health Organization briefing
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Original transcript read; HTTP 200, HTML saved on 8 October
Publisher labels the transcript provisional. Broadcast time is not the notification’s exact dispatch time; complete video not checked.
Official profile of the head of the Bureau of Communication and Public Information
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Original read; HTML HTTP 200 through Node after Python TLS error
Confirms position. Article uses a separately captioned ANTARA photograph, not an image-search result.
Speaker programme
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Official original read through web tool
Confirms director of the Epidemic and Pandemic Management Department. Programme, not a full biography.
Aji Muhawarman, text message
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First-hand journalistic account of the same official’s response; not independent diagnostics or separate verification of every measure.