Plague-Infected Squirrel Found in China's Neimenggu... Level 4 Alert Issued

A rodent infected with the high-risk infectious disease plague was found in the northern Chinese Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

According to the state-run media Global Times on the 27th, the Disease Prevention and Control Center of Erenhot City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region captured and investigated a chipmunk on the 22nd, which tested positive for plague.

This chipmunk also tested positive in a repeated test on the 25th. Accordingly, the authorities issued a Level 4 plague alert, the lowest of the four alert levels. The alert is in effect from the 26th until the end of this year.

The local authorities stated that they will conduct plague monitoring and risk assessment effectively, while carrying out rodent and flea extermination operations in grasslands, agricultural and pastoral areas, and urban regions.

Plague can be transmitted through contact with the bodily fluids or blood of wild rodents such as field mice or rabbits infected with rat fleas, or through flea bites.

Between humans, pneumonic plague can be transmitted through small respiratory droplets (droplets) released when a patient coughs.

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