Travelling story
Possible plague case in Russia
First seen in Switzerland’s press on 5 October 2026. Carried by 13 presses over 4 days, 71 articles in all; the busiest day was 5 October 2026 with 33 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 13 countries between 5 October 2026 and 8 October 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 7 articles · 13 presses so far
no new press
- 23 articles · 13 presses so far
new: France (3)
- 8 articles · 12 presses so far
- 33 articles · 10 presses so far
new: Switzerland (6), United States (6), Germany (4), Belgium (3), Norway (3), Sweden (3), Argentina (2), Australia (2), Austria (2), United Kingdom (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Switzerland 15 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Belgium 9 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Germany 9 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- United States 6 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Austria 5 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Venezuela 5 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- France 5 articles · from 7 Oct 2026
- United Kingdom 4 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Norway 3 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Sweden 3 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Brazil 3 articles · from 6 Oct 2026
- Argentina 2 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
- Australia 2 articles · from 5 Oct 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Switzerland · 8 Oct 2026 Explained - After possible laboratory accident in Siberia: How common are infections with the plague in laboratories? Why is research being conducted on the pathogen? ↗
- Switzerland · 8 Oct 2026 Russland lässt die wichtigsten Fragen zum möglichen Pestfall in Sibirien offen ↗
- France · 8 Oct 2026 Peste en Russie : Les autorités russes n’ont détecté « aucune pathologie infectieuse » sur les cas contact ↗
- Switzerland · 8 Oct 2026 Fragen und Antworten: Möglicher Pest-Fall – was ist dran an den Spekulationen? ↗
- France · 7 Oct 2026 Quatre questions sur les soupçons de peste en Russie, qui inquiètent la communauté internationale ↗
- Germany · 7 Oct 2026 Tod einer jungen Frau: Lungenpest-Verdacht: WHO und USA fordern Infos von Russland ↗
- Austria · 7 Oct 2026 Plague suspicion: USA and WHO demand information from Russians ↗
- Belgium · 7 Oct 2026 Washington asks Moscow for "more information" after reports of possible plague case in Irkutsk ↗
- Brazil · 6 Oct 2026 Morte de pesquisadora abre investigação sobre possível peste pneumônica na Rússia ↗
- Brazil · 6 Oct 2026 Peste pneumônica: o que se sabe sobre a doença que matou a pesquisadora na Rússia? ↗
- Venezuela · 6 Oct 2026 La OMS pide a Rusia información sobre un caso mortal de peste neumónica ↗
- Brazil · 6 Oct 2026 O que se sabe sobre o alerta na Rússia devido à morte em laboratório que gerou investigação de peste pneumônica ↗
- Belgium · 5 Oct 2026 Researcher (28) died from plague bacteria after accident in Russian lab: hundreds of people in quarantine ↗
- United States · 5 Oct 2026 Russian Plague Lab Researcher Dies As Nearly 200 Monitored—Here’s What We Know ↗
- Germany · 5 Oct 2026 Russland: Labormitarbeiterin könnte sich mit der Pest angesteckt haben ↗
- Switzerland · 5 Oct 2026 Todesfall in Sibirien: Russische Laborantin mutmasslich an Lungenpest gestorben ↗
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