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In China, a village in the Inner Mongolia region was closed after one of its inhabitants died of bubonic plague, the disease that caused the worst pandemic in human history.
- In China, a village in the Inner Mongolia region was closed after one of its inhabitants died of bubonic plague
- According to the statement, the patient died of heart failure. How he contracted the plague was not mentioned
- The village has been separated and closed off from the rest of the region, and the houses are daily disinfected. The relatives of the deceased and those who had contact with him were quarantined
- The World Health Organization has classified the plague as incompletely eradicated and recurring
The village where the deceased came was separated
The death of the man was reported in the city of Baotou on Sunday, according to the Municipal Health Commission, and the diagnosis was confirmed on Thursday. According to the statement, the patient died of heart failure. How he contracted the plague was not mentioned.
Suji Xincun village has been separated and closed off from the rest of the region, and daily disinfection is carried out in the homes. Nine relatives of the deceased and 26 others who had contact with him were quarantined. All villagers have tested negative for the disease so far.
Damao Banner, the neighborhood where the village is located, was covered by Level 3 warning for plague prevention by the end of the year, the second-lowest in the four-tier system.
This is the second case of bubonic plague infection in China this year and the first fatal one. The previous patient was diagnosed in July in Bayannur, another region in Inner Mongolia, which led to the closure of several tourist destinations.
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Authorities warn of risk
Baotou authorities warn residents of the risk of an epidemic spreading in the city. They also called on the public to seek immediate medical attention if symptoms of fever or coughing appeared.
Governments urge to limit contact with wild animals during travel and avoid hunting, skinning or eating animals that could cause infection.
According to the Chinese state news agency Xinhua, confirmed cases of bubonic plague involved men who ate marmot meat. In May 2019, more people died of the plague after eating a raw marmot kidney, which according to folk beliefs is a delicacy that brings good health.
Doesn’t this story look like something? It is worth adding that according to other medical sources, marmot meat was the cause of the plague epidemic in 1911 in parts of China and Mongolia.
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The plague is still serious
Plague, caused by bacteria and transmitted by flea bites and infected animals, killed around 50 million people in Europe during the Black Death pandemic in the Middle Ages. Bubonic plague, which is one of the three forms of the disease, causes painful, swollen glands as well as fever, chills and coughing.
The World Health Organization has classified her as incompletely eradicated and returnable. According to 2016 data, the possibility of the disease exists in almost every continent, especially in the western United States, parts of Brazil, Africa, and large areas of China, India and the Middle East.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in the United States, there are from several to several dozen cases of plague each year. In 2015, two people in Colorado died of the plague, and eight cases had been reported in the state a year earlier. In China, 2009 cases of plague were reported between 2019 and 31, including 12 deaths.
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Based on: CNN
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