The Chinese government says it has confirmed a suspected
case of another infectious disease known as the bubonic plague.
This development comes a few months after the first outbreak
of COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan, China.
According to Xinhua news agency, one suspected case was
reported in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The health commission said the plague was diagnosed in a
herdsman on Sunday, but he was in stable condition undergoing treatment at a
hospital, the New York Times reported.
CNN also reports that a 15-year-old resident of Ulaankhus
soum was taken to a local hospital on Sunday after eating a marmot hunted by a
dog.
The Chinese authorities have issued a warning to residents
against hunting, eating or transporting potentially infected animals,
particularly marmots, and to report any dead or diseased rodents.
The warning and prevention period, the authorities say will
continue until the end of 2020.
“At present, there is a risk of a human plague epidemic
spreading in this city. The public should improve its self-protection awareness
and ability, and report abnormal health conditions promptly,” China Daily
reported.
Michael Head, senior research fellow of global health at the
University of Southampton, confirmed to CNN that the case would “be of concern
locally within Inner Mongolia”.
He, however, added that “it is not going to become a global
threat like we have seen with Covid-19″.
The plague which has existed for centuries is one of the
deadliest diseases in human history.
However, it can now be treated with antibiotics.
It is caused by bacteria called Yersinia pestis that live in
some animals, mainly rodents and their fleas.
Some of its symptoms include painful, swollen lymph nodes,
as well as fever, chills, and coughing.
Historically, the bubonic plague has also been referred to
as 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.
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