Suspected Cases Of Bubonic Plague Reported In China’s Inner Mongolia
As if the Coronavirus wasn’t bad enough, and now a 14th-century plague is apparently making its return!
Officials in China have stepped up precautions after a city in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region confirmed at least one case of the Bubonic plague.
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According to state reports, the Bayannur patient is in quarantine and in a stable condition.
A tweet by Global News also said that there is the fear of another case,
“#Mongolia discovered another suspected patient infected with the bubonic plague. The 15-year-old patient had a fever after being in contact with a marmot hunted by a dog, according to Mongolian health authorities on Monday.”
The plague is caused by bacteria and transmitted through flea bites and infected animals. It is known as one of the deadliest bacterial infections in human history. During the Black Death in the Middle Ages, it killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide.
“At present, there is a risk of a human plague epidemic spreading in this city. The public should improve its self-protection awareness and ability, and report abnormal health conditions promptly,” the local health authority said, according to state-run newspaper China Daily.