Suspected Case Of Bubonic Plague Emerges In Northern China, Residents Warned Not To Eat Rodent Meat

A suspected case of Bubonic plague has emerged in Bayannur which falls under China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Press Trust of India has reported.

The region has now sounded a level III plague prevention and control warning. The case was reported on Saturday (4 July) and the plague warning will continue till the end of 2020.

"At present, there is a risk of a human plague epidemic spreading in this city. The public should improve its self-protection awareness and ability, and report abnormal health conditions promptly", a health official was quoted as saying.

The health officials have thus warned people against eating Marmot meat.

A few days ago China had reported the outbreak of a new strain of the H1N1 swine flu virus which is spreading in pig farm workers.