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Black plague death causes quarantine of Yumen city in China
Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 22 22:42:22 2014 fiogf49gjkf0d AFP via Manchester Guardian Chinese city sealed off after bubonic plague death 30,000 residents of Yumen are not being allowed to leave and 151 people have been placed in quarantine after man's death Agence France-Presse in Beijing Tuesday 22 July 2014 07.59 EDT A Chinese city has been sealed off and 151 people have been placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said. The 30,000 residents of Yumen, in the north-western province of Gansu, are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city are telling motorists to find alternative routes, China Central Television (CCTV) said. A 38-year-old man died last Wednesday, the report said, after he had been in contact with a dead marmot, a small furry animal related to the squirrel. No further plague cases have been reported. CCTV said officials were not allowing anyone to leave. The China Daily newspaper said four quarantine sectors had been set up in the city. "The city has enough rice, flour and oil to supply all its residents for up to one month," CCTV added. "Local residents and those in quarantine are all in stable condition." No further cases have been reported. Bubonic plague is a bacterial infection best known for the Black Death, a virulent epidemic that killed tens of millions of people in 14th-century Europe. Primarily an animal illness, it is extremely rare in humans. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says modern antibiotics are effective in treating plague, but that without prompt treatment the disease can cause serious illness or death.
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Posted by Nilet* on Tue Jul 22 22:53:46 2014, in response to Black plague death causes quarantine of Yumen city in China, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 22 22:42:22 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says modern antibiotics are effective in treating plague... For now. Give the factory farms a few more years and they'll fix that.
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Posted by Olog-hai* on Tue Jul 22 23:32:40 2014, in response to Black plague death causes quarantine of Yumen city in China, posted by Olog-hai on Tue Jul 22 22:42:22 2014.* fiogf49gjkf0d Associated Press Jul 22, 2014 10:56 PM EDT Parts of Chinese city sealed for bubonic plague Parts of a northern Chinese city have been quarantined after state media said a man there died of bubonic plague. The Chinese news agency Xinhua said Tuesday that 151 people were under observation in the city of Yumen in Gansu province after authorities determined they had come in contact with a man who had died of the plague July 16. Xinhua said investigators believed the man had contracted the bacterial infection after contact with a marmot. The report said all the people under quarantine were in good health, but 10 checkpoints were still blocking off parts of the city. Bubonic plague killed millions of people in Europe in the 14^th century and tens of thousands in China in the 19^th century. It is spread largely through flea bites and can cause gangrene, seizures and fever.
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