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WHO monitoring bubonic plague cases
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The World Health Organization said yesterday it was monitoring a case of the bubonic plague in China after being notified by the authorities in Beijing.
A herdsman in north China鈥檚 Inner Mongolia region was confirmed at the weekend as having the plague.
Two other cases were confirmed in Khovd province in neighboring Mongolia last week involving brothers who had eaten marmot meat, according to the China鈥檚 state news agency Xinhua.
鈥淏ubonic plague has been with us and is always with us, for centuries,鈥 WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters at a virtual briefing.
鈥淲e are looking at the case numbers in China. It鈥檚 being well managed. 鈥淎t the moment, we are not considering it high-risk but we鈥檙e watching it, monitoring it carefully.鈥
She said the WHO was working in partnership with the Chinese and Mongolian authorities.
The UN health agency said it was notified by China on Monday of a case of bubonic plague in Inner Mongolia.
鈥淧lague is rare, typically found in selected geographical areas across the globe where it is still endemic,鈥 it said.
鈥淏ubonic plague is the most common form and is transmitted between animals and humans through the bite of infected fleas and direct contact with carcasses of infected small animals. It is not easily transmitted between people.鈥
Though the highly-contagious plague is rare in China and can be treated, at least five people have died since 2014.
The man infected in Inner Mongolia was in stable condition.
In neighboring Mongolia, another suspected case, involving a 15-year-old boy who had a fever after eating a marmot hunted by a dog, was reported on Monday.
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