Fears have been raised that the bubonic plague is spreading in China following reports of a third Black Death victim this year by its border country Mongolia.
A 38-year-old man died of the plague on Monday in Mongolia’s western Zawkhan province last month, local officials said.
Two deaths from the plague were reported in August in China’s Inner Mongolia region near China’s border with Mongolia, prompting officials to impose partial lockdowns and quarantine residents.
Fears have been raised that the bubonic plague is spreading in China following reports of a third Black Death victim this year by its border country Mongolia. This photo taken on September 4 shows a man walking with the Chinese national flag in a park in Wuhan.
Mongolian officials have also revealed that at least 17 of the country’s 21 regions are at risk of bubonic plague, and have expressed fears that the disease could spread to neighboring China. People wearing face masks visit the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei on September 3.
Mongolian officials have also revealed that at least 17 of the country’s 21 regions are at risk of bubonic plague, and have expressed fears that the disease could spread to neighboring China.
The bubonic plague, known in the Middle Ages as the ‘Black Death’, is one of the most devastating diseases in history, killing nearly 100 million people in the 14th century.
In the northern Mongolian province of Khuvasgul, a Mongolian man contracted the plague last month after consuming mammoth meat, Chinese state media Xinhua reported, citing zoonotic diseases from the Mongolian provincial department.
A total of 25 people who had contact with the patient have tested negative for the disease, officials said.
The first death in the country was due to the bubonic plague in July, a 15-year-old boy from the western Govi-Altai province.
A Mongolian man has contracted the plague after consuming mammoth meat in the northern Mongolian province of Khuvasgul last month. This picture shows a health worker performing anti-plague disinfection in the Kosh-Agach district of the Russian municipality bordering Mongolia.
Cases of plague are not uncommon in China, but its spread has been rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths. The picture shows the Mongolian marmot
Last month, a 42-year-old man died of bubonic plague in Khovad, western Mongolia.
So far, 18 suspected cases of the disease have been found this year in a country bordering China and Russia.
Meanwhile, China has reported two deaths from the plague since January.
On August 6, Baotou City Health Commission confirmed that a resident had died four days earlier from a different form of the disease.
The city of Baotou, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northern China, said the victim had contracted an intestinal plague.
The second victim died of multiple organ failure in the case of the bubic nick plague, the International Mongolian Bayan Noor Health Commission said the next day.
The city of Baotou, in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of northern China, said the victim had contracted an intestinal plague. The file picture shows a view of the buildings in Baotou
Two deaths have been reported in China’s Inner Mongolia region, one in Baotou and another in Bei Noor since August, as authorities issue a level-three epidemic warning.
Baotou officials ordered the city to introduce a precautionary warning period, which lasts until the end of the year.
The government acknowledged that the city is facing a potential epidemic of plague in humans.
One of the four forms of the disease, bubonic plague, is one of the most devastating diseases in history.
Antique plague, also known as pharyngeal plague, attacks a person’s digestive system and can be caused by exposure to infectious aerosols or by ingestion of infected meat.
Other forms of the disease are pneumonic plague, severe lung infections and septicemic plague, which affect a person’s blood system.
China has largely eradicated the plague, but occasional cases are still reported.
The last major outbreak of the disease was in 2009 when several people died on the Tibetan plateau in the city of Ziketan in Qinghai Province.
However, British health experts say there is no evidence that bubonic plague can pass from one person to another, so it is unlikely to provoke another health crisis.
Dr. Michael, Senior Research Fellow in Global Health at the University of Southampton. Michael Head said: ‘Bubonic plague is a completely unpleasant disease and this case will be a matter of local concern in Inner Mongolia.
‘However, it will not be as global a threat as we have seen with COVID-19. Infected flea bites spread bubonic plague, and human infection in humans is very rare. ‘
Professor David Mabe, a professor of communicable diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, called the case in China “not worrying”.
He said: ‘[The disease] Flea bites are transmitted from rats to humans. There have been several cases in Madagascar recently where he suspected that the so-called pneumonic plague, when the infection spreads through the bloodstream to the lungs, could be human for human transmission, but this has never been proven. ‘
Professor of Applied Statistics at Oxford University and Professor of Statistical Epidemiology at Imperial College London. Crystal Donnelly said commonly available antibiotics were effective for treating plague.
‘Sometimes antibiotics are given to prevent close contacts of cases. Most cases of plague have been reported in Africa in the last 30 years. However, in the United States, usually in the rural areas of the western states, there are annual cases of plague, ‘said Prof. Donnelly said.
What is the bubonic plague?
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is picked up by fleas and spreads among animals.
The most common form – bubonic plague is caused by the bite of an infected flea and is spread by contact with infectious body fluids or contaminants.
Patients may show signs of fever and nausea and may develop pus-filled open wounds at an advanced stage.
It devastated Europe in the Middle Ages, especially the Black Death of 1340, in which a third or more people on the continent were killed.
The Black Death Plague became a common occurrence in Europe, recurring regularly until the 18th century.
Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, which is picked up by fleas and spreads among animals. The image above is a 3D illustration of the bacterium
When the Great Plague of 1665 hit, a fifth of the people in London died, the victims closed their homes and drew a red cross on the door.
The bubonic plague has almost completely disappeared from the rich world, now accounting for 90% of all cases seen in Africa.
They can now be treated with antibiotics, as long as they are administered quickly.
Still, the U.S. There have been some non-fatal cases, with an average of seven reported annually, according to the disease control boss.
The World Health Organization says 3,248 cases were reported worldwide between 2010 and 2015, including 584 deaths.
Some plague vaccines have been developed, but none are available to the general public.
The WHO does not recommend vaccinations except for high-risk groups such as health care workers.
Without antibiotics, bubonic strain spreads to the lungs – where it becomes a more viral pneumonic form.
Pneumonic plague, which can kill within 24 hours, can then be passed through coughing, sneezing or spitting.
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