Bubonic Plague Case Reported In China's Inner Mongolia

Business Insider: The bubonic plague has been found at a hospital in China's Inner Mongolia region

* A herdsman in China has contracted the bubonic plague.
* Health officials in a Chinese region of Inner Mongolia have banned the hunting or eating of wild animals which are thought to carry the highly infectious disease.
* The disease is now easily treatable with antibiotics but there are still occasional outbreaks, such as one in Madagascar in 2017.

LONDON — Authorities in an autonomous region in northern China have issued a health warning after a local farmer contracted the bubonic plague.

A herdsman was reportedly in a stable condition after having been confirmed to have caught the disease on Sunday, according to the New York Times.

Health officials in Bayan Mur, a city in Inner Mongolia, on Sunday issued a third-level alert, according to Reuters, which is the second-lowest of four tiers.

The alert forbids the hunting or eating of wild animals that could carry the plague and it will be in place until the end of the year. Locals have also been told to report finding any ill and dead animals, as well as people showing signs of a fever of or sudden deaths.

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More News On A Bubonic Plague Case Reported In China's Inner Mongolia

Plague case confirmed in N China's Inner Mongolia -- CGTN
China bubonic plague: Inner Mongolia takes precautions after case -- BBC
China reports bubonic plague case, raises local alert level in Inner Mongolia -- USA Today
Suspected case of bubonic plague found in city in Inner Mongolia -- The Guardian/Reuters

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