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DEVELOPING · 5 OCT → 17 OCT 2026 · 13 EDITIONS · 79 OUTLETS

Russia says no plague detected after Siberia contact tracing

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 39 79 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 5 Oct 18:22 UTC · U.S. monitors suspected plague case after Siberian lab worker’s death 6 Oct 00:10 UTC · US monitors suspected plague case in Siberia as Russia says tests found no evidence 6 Oct 12:11 UTC · Russia says no plague detected after Siberian lab worker’s death 6 Oct 18:10 UTC · WHO assesses low public health risk after suspected plague death in Russia 7 Oct 00:08 UTC · WHO Assesses Low Wider Risk After Suspected Plague Death in Siberia 7 Oct 06:32 UTC · Russia Denies Plague Outbreak After Siberian Laboratory Worker’s Death 7 Oct 12:10 UTC · Russia denies Siberian plague outbreak as US monitors suspected case 7 Oct 18:09 UTC · Russia Denies Siberian Plague Outbreak as Foreign Agencies Seek Details 9 Oct 00:09 UTC · Russia Says No Plague Detected After Siberian Laboratory Worker’s Death 9 Oct 18:19 UTC · Russia says no plague detected after Siberia contact tracing

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 10 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 18:22 UTC

    U.S. monitors suspected plague case after Siberian lab worker’s death

  2. 6 Oct, 00:10 UTC

    US monitors suspected plague case in Siberia as Russia says tests found no evidence

  3. 6 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    Russia says no plague detected after Siberian lab worker’s death

  4. 6 Oct, 18:10 UTC

    WHO assesses low public health risk after suspected plague death in Russia

  5. 7 Oct, 00:08 UTC

    WHO Assesses Low Wider Risk After Suspected Plague Death in Siberia

  6. 7 Oct, 06:32 UTC

    Russia Denies Plague Outbreak After Siberian Laboratory Worker’s Death

  7. 7 Oct, 12:10 UTC

    Russia denies Siberian plague outbreak as US monitors suspected case

  8. 7 Oct, 18:09 UTC

    Russia Denies Siberian Plague Outbreak as Foreign Agencies Seek Details

  9. 9 Oct, 00:09 UTC

    Russia Says No Plague Detected After Siberian Laboratory Worker’s Death

  10. 9 Oct, 18:19 UTC

    Russia says no plague detected after Siberia contact tracing

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Irkutsk Anti · 8 outlets
  • Donald Trump · 3 outlets
  • Ashish Jha · 2 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Black Death · from 9 Oct 14:00, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people under: 189 (1 from 5 Oct 02:07) → 200 (2 from 5 Oct 21:03)

Matched by pattern, not read: a different number can be a correction, a rising count, or two different counts.