China Bubonic Plague: After The COVID-19 Situation Bubonic plague.
Authorities in China have stepped up precautions after a city in inner Mongolia autonomous region confirmed one case of Bubonic Plague. According to the reports the Bay on or patient a herdsman is in quarantine and in a stable condition official issued a level three warning.
The second-lowest in a four-tier system the bubonic plague caused by a bacterial infection can be deadly. It can be treated with commonly available antibiotics. The new case was first reported as suspected Bubonic plague on Saturday at a hospital in urad middle banner in Bayon or city.
It is not yet clear how the patient might have become infected. The level three alert forbids the hunting and eating of animals that could carry plague and calls on the public to report suspected cases. Cases of bubonic plague are reported around the world.
In May last year, 2 people in Mongolia died from the plague which they contracted after eating the raw meat of a marmot. A type of rodent a World Health Organisation officials in Ulaanbaatar. The capital of Mongolia had told the news that raw marmot meat and kidney was thought to be a folk remedy for good health.
The rodent as known as the carrier of the plague bacteria and is commonly associated with plague cases in the country. Hunting marmots is illegal the bubonic plague is characterized by swollen lymph nodes. It can be hard to identify in its early stages because symptoms which usually develop after 3 to 7 days or flu life.
It's unlikely bubonic plague infamously known as the Black Death will lead to an epidemic. Unlike in the 14th century now have an understanding of how this disease is transmitted.