Sadly, a man died in the region's city of Bayannur from multiple organ failure after contracting the deadly disease that caused the Black Death. Authorities tracked the man's movements back to his village and sealed it off. This is the second village to be placed in quarantine within the past few weeks.
Authorities in Bayannur said: "The place of residence of the deceased is locked down, and a comprehensive epidemiological investigation is being carried out."
The statement added: "Currently, there is a risk of the human plague spreading in our city."
Last Thursday another person died from the bubonic plague.
This was in the adjacent city of Baotou.
Health officials in this city announced a villager there had died of circulatory system failure due to infection with bubonic plague.
Health officials then rushed to seal off the ordered the village of Suji Xincu where the deceased person had first come into contact with the disease.
The reason for such extreme measures is because the bubonic plague is a highly infectious and often fatal disease.
The World Health Organisation, WHO, said: "Bubonic plague has a case-fatality ratio of 30 percent to 100 percent if left untreated."
Bubonic plague is caused by the bite of an infected flea that usually lives on rodents such as rats.
The bacterium Yersinia pestis then enters into the host via the bite.
It travels to the nearest lymph node to replicate.
The lymph node swells in size in a lump called a bubo.
There’s a place in Australia where there’s suddenly a whole bunch of cases of flesh-eating bacteria.
There is currently an outbreak of a tropical disease called Buruli ulcer, which has been centered along a portion of Australia’s southern coast, more precisely in the serene beachside suburbs of Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula.
Australia has seen occasional cases of the disease since the 1930s. However, since 2017, more than 100 people have been infected with this type of flesh-eating bacteria that is rarely seen in this part of the world.
And Victoria’s recent outbreak has mystified researchers over the past few years, particularly regarding its source and how the disease is being spread.
The little-known illness is caused by a pathogen known as a mycobacterium(Mycobacterium ulcerans).
It’s named for Buruli county in Uganda, which is where scientists first identified the collection of symptoms as a specific condition.
Once the bacterium enters the skin, it releases a unique toxin known as mycolactone and begins breaking down and consuming flesh, leaving painful and debilitating wounds that can be disfiguring if left untreated.
The bacterium not only damages the tissues it inhabits, but also is able to prevent the immune system from mounting a defense.
That’s the same genus of microorganisms that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, among other illnesses.
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There is no mention of in Australian news, guess we only get the news we deserve.
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