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China bubonic plague: Black death fears SOAR as cases reach highest in decades
CHINA's fears are escalating over the possible spread of the bubonic plague as an expert warns of the "thoroughly unpleasant disease".
By MANON DARKCHINA's fears are escalating over the possible spread of the bubonic plague as an expert warns of the "thoroughly unpleasant disease".
PUBLISHED: 01:56, Fri, Sep 11, 2020 | UPDATED: 01:56, Fri, Sep 11, 2020
This month, a 38-year-old man died from the bubonic plague in Mongolia’s Zavkhan province after eating marmot meat.
In August, China’s Inner Mongolia region reported two deaths to the deadly disease.
The fatalities prompted authorities to enforce partial lockdowns and quarantine local residents.
In total, Mongolia has recorded 18 suspected cases of the bubonic plague this year.
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China’s fears are escalating over the possible spread of the bubonic plague (Image: getty)
Officials have said at least 17 out of Mongolia’s 21 provinces have the potential to become a source of a bubonic plague outbreak.
Mongolia has been living with the deadly disease for centuries as the country eats meat from marmots as a delicacy.
The rodent is a carrier of the plague due to infected fleas.
But bans on hunting and trading marmots has not deterred people in Mongolia from consuming the infected meat.
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Mongolia recently reported its third death from the bubonic plague this year (Image: getty)
Health experts have said there are only rare cases of human-to-human transmission of the deadly disease.
Dr Michael Head, senior research fellow in global health at the University of Southampton in the UK, told MailOnline: “Bubonic plague is a thoroughly unpleasant ...
“However, it is not going to become a global threat like we have seen with COVID-19.
“Bubonic plague is transmitted via the bite of infected fleas, and human to human transmission is very rare.”
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China’s Inner Mongolia region reported two deaths to the deadly disease (Image: getty)
Bubonic Plague was one of the most devastating diseases in human history.
The deadly infection killed around 100million people in the 14th century.
The plague also comes in other forms including the enteric plague, pneumonic plague and septicemic plague.
The bubonic plague is the most common form of the disease that people can get.
Its name originates from the symptoms it causes including painful, swollen lymph nodes or “buboes” in the armpit or groin.
Marmots are a carrier of the plague due to infected fleas (Image: getty)
Between 2010 to 2015, there were 584 deaths from the disease and 3,248 reported cases worldwide.
In the Middle Ages, the bubonic plague was referred to as the “Black Death” due to the gangrenous blackening and death of body parts.
An infected person usually becomes ill within two to six days after catching the disease.
Other symptoms include chills, fever, headache, muscle aches and tiredness.
The deadly disease can also affect a person’s lungs causing chest pain, coughs and difficulty breathing.
China bubonic plague fears SOAR as cases reach highest in decades
CHINA's fears are escalating over the possible spread of the bubonic plague as an expert warns of the "thoroughly unpleasant disease".
www.express.co.uk