Third man dies of pneumonic plague in China
14:17, 4 August 2009
MOSCOW. August 4. KAZINFORM A third man has died of pneumonic plague in northwest China, the Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday; Kazinform cites RIA Novosti.
Pneumonic plague has already killed a 32-year-old herdsman and one of his neighbors, aged 37, in the town of Ziketan, in Xinghai county in the Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the Chinese agency said.
Local authorities quarantined Ziketan after the outbreak was reported on July 30 infecting nine people, most of them being relatives of the first victim. One of the infected is currently in a serious condition.
Meanwhile, no new infections have been reported; Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.
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