Tag: Plague
China Town Sealed Off After Pneumonic Plague Kills 3 (Updated)
From AFP: A town in a Tibetan area in northwest China has been sealed off after one of its residents died from pneumonic plague, the local government said on Sunday. Ziketan town in Qinghai province was put under collective quarantine Saturday when laboratory tests showed it had been struck by the highly virulent disease, the Qinghai health bureau said in a statement. A 32-year-old herdsman had diedAugust 3, 2009 8:27 PM
