23 July 2014 Parts of
Chinese city quarantined as resident dies of BUBONIC PLAGUE
Around 30,000 people from Yumen have been
sent to quarantine zones.
A 38-year-old victim infected by a wild
marmot and died last week.
151 people who came into contact with the
victim are also being checked.
City is now surrounded by police roadblocks
and emergency services.
Chinese officials have sealed off large parts of a city
after a resident who was bitten by a rodent died of bubonic plague.
The 38-year-old victim from the city of Yumen in Gansu
province was infected BUBONIC PLAGUE and began suffering from a fever later
that day.
Around 30,000 residents have now been told they cannot leave
and police at roadblocks on the perimeter of the city.
It said 151 people who came into direct contact with the
victim have also been placed in quarantine and are being analysed by epidemic
prevention teams deployed around the city.
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