A city in China has been sealed
and a total of 151 Chinese individual has been placed on a high quarantine
area, for the last people contacted with a man died last week due to “bubonic
plaque”
At total of 30,000 Chinese people
living in Yumen in the province of Ganzu are not allowed to leave the place,
police authorities are blocking the perimeter telling every motorist to look
for alternative routes on its destination.
According to report a 38 year old
suspected victim to have Bubonic Plaque died last Wednesday, and this victim
has in contact recently with a dead marmot, an animal that live on grasslands
and this is related to squirrel.
The authorities make sure that
the city as enough flour, oil and rice to supply city residents for nearly one
month. Those residents that are in quarantine are in stable conditions.
No one in the city is allowed to
leave as the quarantine period is on its operation, but nevertheless no other
cases were reported.
Bubonic Plaque is a “Class
A” categorized infectious disease. This is the most serious disease
according to China Treatment and Prevention Infectious Disease. A bacterial
infection known for “Black Death” that killed millions of
people during the early 14th century in Europe, this is an animal
illness and rare in humans.
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