China’s Inner Mongolia issues warning after bubonic plague patient dies
Published on: Saturday, August 08, 2020
By: Reuters
File photo for illustration: AFP
BEIJING: Authorities in a city in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia issued a warning after a patient who had bubonic plague died of multiple organ failure, state media reported on Saturday.
Cases of plague are not uncommon in China, although outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported 26 cases and 11 deaths.
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The patient was confirmed to have bubonic plague, the People’s Daily reported, citing an announcement from the health committee of the Bayan Nur city.
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.
The committee issued a third-level alert, the second-lowest in a four-level system, effective Friday to the end of 2020 to prevent the spread of the disease, the People’s Daily reported.
This marks the second death of a plague patient reported this month in the Inner Mongolia region.
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