Sad News Bubonic Plague makes it's comeback in China

[iDJ]

Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday, one day after a hospital reported a case of suspected bubonic plague.

The health committee of the city of Bayan Nur issued the third-level alert, the second lowest in a four-level system.

The alert forbids the hunting and eating of animals that could carry plague and asks the public to report any suspected cases of plague or fever with no clear causes, and to report any sick or dead marmots.

Suspected case of bubonic plague found in China's Inner Mongolia

 

[Bapun]

• A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague, also known as the “Black Death,” according to local health authorities.
• The squirrel was found in a town in Jefferson County, which is west of Denver, and is the first case in the region, health authorities said.
• Authorities are asking residents to take precautions, including avoiding contact with sick or dead wild animals and rodents and keeping pets from roaming freely outside.

A squirrel has tested positive for the bubonic plague in Colorado

 

[Bapun]

A 15-year-old boy has died in western Mongolia of bubonic plague, the country's national news agency reported.

Mongolian teenager dies of bubonic plague caught from infected marmot