Chinese authorities have lifted a quarantine order that was imposed on a remote town of 10,000 people to contain a deadly outbreak of pneumonic plague, according to a report on Sunday.
Local authorities removed the order on Saturday evening after no new cases of the plague were detected in a week, the Beijing News daily said.
People Trying to Flee China Plague Town
Residents of a town in northwest China where three people have died from pneumonic plague said Wednesday scared people were trying to leave despite a strict quarantine to contain the virulent disease.
Residents of a town in northwest China where three people have died from pneumonic plague said Wednesday scared people were trying to leave despite a strict quarantine to contain the virulent disease.
Residents of Ziketan contacted by AFP Wednesday said some people had tried to flee the quarantine zone, which covered an area of 3,500 square kilometres (1,400 square miles), centred on the town.
But officials Thursday told Xinhua news agency that no one had escaped from the zone and that no new cases had been reported.
China Pneumonic Plague Toll Rises to 3: Report
The death toll from an outbreak of pneumonic plague in northwest China has risen to three, state media reported on Tuesday as health officials maintained a quarantine lockdown on a
The death toll from an outbreak of pneumonic plague in northwest China has risen to three, state media reported on Tuesday as health officials maintained a quarantine lockdown on a
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Research says a new oral vaccine against sylvatic plague is showing significant promise in the laboratory as a way to protect prairie dogs.
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Dog Suspected Source of China Plague: State Media
A dog is suspected to be the origin of an outbreak of pneumonic plague in northwest China that has killed three people and left 10,000 under strict quarantine, state media reported.
A dog is suspected to be the origin of an outbreak of pneumonic plague in northwest China that has killed three people and left 10,000 under strict quarantine, state media reported.
