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WHO Finds No Evidence of Ongoing Transmission After Russian Lab Worker’s Death

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 65 131 3 Oct 4 Oct 5 Oct 6 Oct 7 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 5 Oct 12:32 UTC · Nearly 200 monitored after Russian laboratory worker dies of unexplained pneumonia 5 Oct 18:08 UTC · Russia investigates lab worker’s death amid unconfirmed reports of pneumonic plague 6 Oct 00:06 UTC · US monitors suspected plague case after Russian lab worker dies 6 Oct 06:26 UTC · Russia quarantines contacts after Siberian anti-plague lab worker dies 6 Oct 12:08 UTC · Russia says no plague detected after Siberian lab worker’s death 6 Oct 18:07 UTC · Russia tells WHO no plague cases detected after Siberian lab worker’s death 7 Oct 00:06 UTC · Russia says no plague detected after Siberian laboratory worker’s death 7 Oct 12:08 UTC · Russia Says No Plague Detected After Siberian Laboratory Worker’s Death 7 Oct 18:07 UTC · Russia Denies Plague Cases After Irkutsk Laboratory Worker’s Death 8 Oct 00:06 UTC · WHO seeks details from Russia after death of Siberian plague lab worker 9 Oct 12:11 UTC · US, WHO seek details from Russia after Siberian laboratory worker’s death 9 Oct 18:13 UTC · U.S., WHO seek details from Russia after Siberian lab worker’s death 11 Oct 00:22 UTC · WHO finds no evidence of plague transmission after Russian lab worker’s death 11 Oct 06:17 UTC · WHO Finds No Evidence of Plague Transmission After Russian Lab Worker’s Death 11 Oct 12:19 UTC · WHO Finds No Evidence of Ongoing Transmission After Russian Lab Worker’s Death

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 15 HEADLINES

  1. 5 Oct, 12:32 UTC

    Nearly 200 monitored after Russian laboratory worker dies of unexplained pneumonia

  2. 5 Oct, 18:08 UTC

    Russia investigates lab worker’s death amid unconfirmed reports of pneumonic plague

  3. 6 Oct, 00:06 UTC

    US monitors suspected plague case after Russian lab worker dies

  4. 6 Oct, 06:26 UTC

    Russia quarantines contacts after Siberian anti-plague lab worker dies

  5. 6 Oct, 12:08 UTC

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

  6. 6 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Russia tells WHO no plague cases detected after Siberian lab worker’s death

  7. 7 Oct, 00:06 UTC

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

  8. 7 Oct, 12:08 UTC

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

  9. 7 Oct, 18:07 UTC

    Russia Denies Plague Cases After Irkutsk Laboratory Worker’s Death

  10. 8 Oct, 00:06 UTC

    WHO seeks details from Russia after death of Siberian plague lab worker

  11. 9 Oct, 12:11 UTC

    US, WHO seek details from Russia after Siberian laboratory worker’s death

  12. 9 Oct, 18:13 UTC

    U.S., WHO seek details from Russia after Siberian lab worker’s death

  13. 11 Oct, 00:22 UTC

    WHO finds no evidence of plague transmission after Russian lab worker’s death

  14. 11 Oct, 06:17 UTC

    WHO Finds No Evidence of Plague Transmission After Russian Lab Worker’s Death

  15. 11 Oct, 12:19 UTC

    WHO Finds No Evidence of Ongoing Transmission After Russian Lab Worker’s Death

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • Darya Shipilova · 9 outlets
  • Black Death · 7 outlets

Entered the story later

  • Vladimir Putin · from 7 Oct 05:42, 5 outlets
  • 60% those placed · from 7 Oct 05:42, 2 outlets
  • Thomas Jeffries · from 7 Oct 18:39, 2 outlets
  • Middle Ages · from 7 Oct 21:58, 2 outlets

Figures reported with different numbers

  • people under: 189 (1 from 2 Oct 14:24) → 200 (3 from 2 Oct 16:09)

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