A regional center for disease control and prevention (CDC) in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, China, issued an announcement implementing “plague risk prevention” protocol in response to an alleged case of pneumonic plague in neighboring Siberia, Russia, Chinese state media reported on Monday.
\n\nThe Chinese government newspaper Global Times observed that Hulunbuir borders Russia and is taking precautionary measures in the event a plague outbreak is detected in Siberia. While pneumonic plague is endemic in Siberia, Hulunbuir has allegedly not documented a single case of “human plague” since 1927 and seeks to maintain that streak.
\n\nThe announcement was somewhat unexpected as the government of Russia announced last week that it had completed all contact tracing and monitoring regarding the suspected plague scare and had not identified any new cases of the infection in the affected area, effectively declaring the situation concluded. Chinese state media did not clarify why regional authorities in Inner Mongolia chose to impose public health restrictions days after the reported conclusion of contact tracing in Russia.
\n\nLocal reports in Irkutsk, Siberia, revealed the death of Daria Shipilova, 28, in early October. Russian authorities ultimately confirmed that the woman had died of pneumonia of an unknown case and, as of…
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