Pneumonic plague kills 3 in Northwest China

Pneumonic plague kills 3 in Northwest China
Aug 4, 2009 04:10
CHARLOTT Points: Join Date: Aug 14, 2008 Status: offline	Pneumonic plague claimed a third victim in northwest China’s Qinghai Province yesterday, as per the local health administration. The third victim was a 64-year-old man in the town of Ziketan in Xinghai country in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The outbreak of pneumonic plague began on July 30 in that town and killed a 32-year-old herds and his neighbor, a 37-year-old man. Nine others were infected and in quarantine. Most of the infected are relatives of the first dead man. Pneumonic plague is one of the deadliest infectious diseases; patients can die 24 hours after infection, according to the World Health Organization. The local government has quarantined the town and its vicinity

Aug 4, 2009 04:10

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Pneumonic plague claimed a third victim in northwest China’s Qinghai Province yesterday, as per the local health administration.

The third victim was a 64-year-old man in the town of Ziketan in Xinghai country in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.

The outbreak of pneumonic plague began on July 30 in that town and killed a 32-year-old herds and his neighbor, a 37-year-old man. Nine others were infected and in quarantine. Most of the infected are relatives of the first dead man. Pneumonic plague is one of the deadliest infectious diseases; patients can die 24 hours after infection, according to the World Health Organization.

The local government has quarantined the town and its vicinity

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