Chinese city hit by 'Black Death' plague: All details here || चीनी शहर ने 'ब्लैक डेथ' प्लेग की मार झेली: यहाँ सभी विवरण

Chinese city hit by 'Black Death' plague: All details here


A Chinese city in Inner Mongolia sounded an alert for the bubonic plague on Sunday at a time when the world is already grappling with coronavirus, whose outbreak also originated in China. The plague-prevention measures will remain imposed throughout 2020.

This happened after cases were reported from Bayannur in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, located northwest of China's capital Beijing.


  • What is the bubonic plague? How does it spread?

What is the bubonic plague? How does it spread?The rare but serious disease is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. It is transmitted through fleas, that get infected mainly by rodents.The hosts of this disease in Inner Mongolia are usually marmots, which live in rural areas.This plague's outbreak initially happened in 

The rare but serious disease is caused by the Yersinia pestis bacterium. It is transmitted through fleas, that get infected mainly by rodents.

The hosts of this disease in Inner Mongolia are usually marmots, which live in rural areas. This plague's outbreak initially happened in the Middle Ages. Named "Black Death," the disease had killed an estimated 50 million people in Europe alone.

Do you know?

Between 2010 and 2015, this disease killed over 500

Symptoms

Its symptoms are pretty similar to flu's

Cases

Brothers, who ate marmot, fell sick. Soon, alert was issued

Alert

Locals were advised against eating marmots, told to be proactive

Locals were advised against eating marmots, told to be proactive

Hope

But, some experts hope this plague won't be catastrophic

Information

Meanwhile, coronavirus is moving unabated, has killed over 500,000

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