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China seals off village after bubonic plague death in Inner Mongolia - CNN
Aug 07, 2020 1 min, 2 secs
All villagers have so far tested negative for the disease, the statement said.

Nine close contacts and 26 secondary contacts of the patient have been quarantined and tested negative, the commission said.

Damao Banner, the district where the village is located, has been put on Level 3 alert for plague prevention, the second lowest in a four-level system, until the end of the year.

This is the second case -- and first death -- of bubonic plague China has confirmed this year.

In 2015, two people in Colorado died from the plague, and the year before there were eight reported cases in the state.

In China, 31 cases of plague were reported between 2009 and 2019, including 12 deaths, according to data released by the National Health Commission.

On Thursday, Baotou authorities warned of a risk of "a human plague epidemic spreading in the city," and urged the public to take extra precautions and seek immediate medical attention if they develop symptoms of fever or coughing.

They also urged people to reduce contact with wild animals while traveling and avoid hunting, skinning or eating animals that could cause infection.

Last month, two cases of bubonic plague were confirmed in Mongolia -- brothers who had both eaten marmot meat, according to China's state-run news agency Xinhua.

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