Will the pneumonic plague affecting regions of China cause widespread hysteria?
Reports are pouring in of a possible ‘pneumonic’ plague break out in the north western part of China. Thousands of the residents of the specified region are said to have been quarantined after one death due to the pneumonia, had been reported. According to the health authorities, 11 others were confirmed to have been infected with the fearful lung infection. The sole casualty in the plague has been that of a 32 year old herdsman, hailing from Ziketan, in the Quinghai province, said the provincial health bureau in its statement, which was posted on it’s website. The sparsely populated region is mostly said to be inhabited by Tibetans. Minute details however, were not disclosed, like the time at which the death had occurred. According to reports, most of the 11 others who have been affected with the virus of the disease is said to the relatives of the deceased man. The local government has sealed off the town so as to put a stop to the outbreak from spreading further. A statement from th
ONE man is dead, 11 others are in hospital and an entire town has been quarantined as one of the world’s deadliest diseases strikes in China. Chinaview.cn reports the town of Ziketan in northwest China, home to 10,000 people, has been placed under quarantine after a 32-year-old herdsman died from pneumonic plague. The World Health Organisation says pneumonic plague is the most virulent form of plague and if untreated, patients can die within 24 hours. It is caused when the same bacteria that occurs in bubonic plague reaches the lungs, and is then spread from person to person by coughing. Mortality is always very high. Officials from the Health Bureau of Qinghai Province said anyone with a fever or cough who has been Ziketan town and its vicinity after July 16 should go to hospital. Sources: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25870955-12377,00.
Reports are pouring in of a possible ‘pneumonic’ plague break out in the north western part of China. Thousands of the residents of the specified region are said to have been quarantined after one death due to the pneumonia, had been reported. According to the health authorities, 11 others were confirmed to have been infected with the fearful lung infection. The sole casualty in the plague has been that of a 32 year old herdsman, hailing from Ziketan, in the Quinghai province, said the provincial health bureau in its statement, which was posted on it’s website. The sparsely populated region is mostly said to be inhabited by Tibetans. Minute details however, were not disclosed, like the time at which the death had occurred. According to reports, most of the 11 others who have been affected with the virus of the disease is said to the relatives of the deceased man. The local government has sealed off the town so as to put a stop to the outbreak from spreading further. A statement from th
ONE man is dead, 11 others are in hospital and an entire town has been quarantined as one of the world’s deadliest diseases strikes in China. Chinaview.cn reports the town of Ziketan in northwest China, home to 10,000 people, has been placed under quarantine after a 32-year-old herdsman died from pneumonic plague. The World Health Organisation says pneumonic plague is the most virulent form of plague and if untreated, patients can die within 24 hours. It is caused when the same bacteria that occurs in bubonic plague reaches the lungs, and is then spread from person to person by coughing. Mortality is always very high. Officials from the Health Bureau of Qinghai Province said anyone with a fever or cough who has been Ziketan town and its vicinity after July 16 should go to hospital.
