China bubonic plague spreads in us leaving young man in his 20s dead

BUBONIC PLAGUE: SQUIRREL IN COLORADO TESTS POSITIVE The patient from Rio Arriba County, New Mexico was taken to hospital where he passed away from the rare disease, health officials

confirmed on Friday. Health officials have been inspecting the home of the young man. His death marks the second case in the state this year after a man in his 60s died of the disease in

June. In late June a man in his 60s became the first to be diagnosed in 2020 and was recovering in hospital. Both men lived more than 100 miles away from each other, so the cases are not

thought to be linked. New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel said: "Plague activity in New Mexico is usually highest during the summer months, so it is especially

important now to take precautions to avoid rodents and their fleas which can expose you to plague." The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says more than 80 per cent of

United States plague cases have been the bubonic form. Bubonic plague: A man has died of bubonic plague in New Mexico after China went into lockdown (Image: GETTY) The disease is caused by a

bacteria called Yesinia Pestis which most commonly affect rodents, but they can be bitten by fleas which can then pass it on to humans. Cases of bubonic plague are very rare and can be

treated with antibiotics quickly, but it still has a fatality rate of between 30 to 60% per cent. In recent decades, an average of seven cases have been reported each year with a range of

one to 17. Plague has occurred in people of all ages, although 50 per cent of cases occur in people ages 12 to 45. JUST IN: MEGHAN MARKLE AND PRINCE HARRY RECEIVED HUGE DISCOUNT ON NEW

MANSION Bubonic plague: 1912 - Stretcher bearers prepare to move the dead during a plague in Manchuria (Image: GETTY) So far the disease has killed around 50 million people. This includes 60

per cent of Europe’s population in the 14th century in what was known as ‘the Black Death’. The World Health Organisaiton (WHO) estimates between 1,000 and 2,000 cases of plague around the

world every year. Pet owners should prevent their animals from wandering off and use flea treatment products on them as well as keep hay, wool and compost piles away from their homes,

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across China's Inner Mongolia province after a second bubonic plague lockdown was enforced, two days after the first, as whole villages are sealed off. A man died in the region's

city of Bayannur from multiple organ failure after contracting the deadly disease. Authorities tracked the man's movements back to his village and sealed it off. This is the second

village to be placed in quarantine within the past few weeks. Authorities in Bayannur said: "The place of residence of the deceased is locked down, and a comprehensive epidemiological

investigation is being carried out." RELATED ARTICLES The statement added: "Currently, there is a risk of the human plague spreading in our city." Last Thursday another person

died from the bubonic plague. This was in the adjacent city of Baotou. Health officials in this city announced a villager there had died of circulatory system failure due to infection with

bubonic plague. Bubonic plague: 1912 - A doctor wears protective clothing during an outbreak of plague in Manchuria (Image: GETTY) Health officials then rushed to seal off the ordered the

village of Suji Xincu where the deceased person had first come into contact with the disease. The World Health Organisation, WHO, said: "Bubonic plague has a case-fatality ratio of 30

percent to 100 percent if left untreated." The last major outbreak of the bubonic plague was in China in the late 1800s. It was called The Third Plague Pandemic and it caused the death

of 12 million people.