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BEIJING (REUTERS) - Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning on Sunday (July 5), 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 the 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.

Sunday's warning follows four reported cases of plague in people from Inner Mongolia last November, including two of pneumonic plague, a deadlier variant of plague.

The bubonic plague, known as the "Black Death" in the Middle Ages, is a highly infectious and often fatal disease that is spread mostly by rodents.

Plague cases are not uncommon in China, but outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths.

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Bubonic plague: Patients develop sudden onset of fever, headache, chills, and weakness and one or more swollen, tender and painful lymph nodes (called buboes). This form is usually the result of an infected flea bite. The bacteria multiply in the lymph node closest to where the bacteria entered the human body.

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A suspected case of bubonic plague has been reported to Chinese authorities.

It is not known how the patient became infected, but the country is on alert for more cases.

Plague is one of the deadliest diseases in human history - but it can now be easily treated with antibiotics.

What is bubonic plague?

Plague is a potentially lethal infectious disease that is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis that live in some animals - mainly rodents - and their fleas.

Bubonic plague is the most common type of the disease that people can get. The name comes from the symptoms it causes - painful, swollen lymph nodes or 'buboes' in the groin or armpit.

From 2010 to 2015 there were 3,248 cases reported worldwide, including 584 deaths.

Historically, it has also been called the Black Death, in reference to the gangrenous blackening and death of body parts, such as the fingers and toes, that can happen with the illness.

What does it do?

A person usually becomes ill with bubonic plague between two and six days after being infected.

Along with the tender, enlarged lymph nodes, that can be as large as a chicken egg, other symptoms include fever, chills, headache, muscle aches and tiredness.

Plague can also affect the lungs, causing a cough, chest pain and difficulty breathing.

The bacteria can also enter the bloodstream and cause a condition called septicaemia or sepsis, which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death.

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Hypersonic
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Can China please clean up their act.

:grin:

Don't come and spread their disease

all round the world.

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Supersonic
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12 minutes ago, Jamesc said:

Can China please clean up their act.

:grin:

Don't come and spread their disease

all round the world.

Yes, CECA will plague us in one form or another. If not the classic, then Contagious Epidemic Chinese Agents/Aetiologies. 

Black plague from the Yellow River. 😁

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This is the appropriate title for whatever shit that comes from China.

"China and its unsanitary conditions that cause viruses and plagues."

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Hypersonic
16 hours ago, Jamesc said:

Can China please clean up their act.

:grin:

Don't come and spread their disease

all round the world.

They are the worlds largest exporter .... can export anything.....far reaching consequences 

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1 hour ago, BanCoe said:

They are the worlds largest exporter .... can export anything.....far reaching consequences 

And the world largest manufacturer as well.

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Hypersonic

If it wasn't for the stupid corona

I would book a nice trip for my MIL there already.

:grin:

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