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First Human Case Of Shamonda Virus Reported In France As Patient Dies
📍 France, FR·🕐 3d ago·32 outlets
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✓ Verified · 32 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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rttnews.com ↗The National· National ↗Times of Oman· National ↗ibtimes.co.uk ↗PBS NewsHour· National ↗Premium Times Nigeria· National ↗UPI· News agency ↗France 24· International ↗Newswire· National ↗The Guardian· National ↗News of Bahrain· National ↗Vanguard News· National ↗Euronews· International ↗BusinessDay Nigeria· Specialist ↗
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cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] All three reports cover France's first human Shamonda virus case, and none contradicts Report 1; Report 4 adds that the patient was severely immunocompromised, which is a new detail rather than a conf
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets13
Statusverified
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Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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Risk Score
medium risk