Beijing. There is a stir after two more cases of bubonic plague were found in Inner Mongolia, the northern region of China. The Chinese government has told that both these new cases have been found in the same family where the first case was found on August 7. Now they have been kept in isolation and are being continuously monitored. According to WHO, ‘Bubonic plague is the most common form of plague, but it can turn into a very dangerous
( dangerous) epidemic. The government has issued a statement in this regard.
It has been said in the statement that all the suspects who came in contact with the people found positive have also been isolated. According to the government, first the wife had got the infection, after that the symptoms were also found positive in husband and daughter. However, so far no unusual symptoms have been shown in all the infected and suspected people who came in contact with them. Everyone is being given medicines. In the first week of August, the Health Commission had told on its website that in one case of bubonic plague, a patient had died due to multiple organ failure. This plague infection is spread by rats. Here, according to WHO, ‘bubonic plague, it is caused by the bite of an infected flea.
Bubonic plague is caused by bacterial infection
Bubonic plague is a disease caused by bacterial infection. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Black Death. The main reason for this is the bacteria called plague. The point to note here is that it is a bacterial infection, not a virus! That’s why its treatment is also possible through antibiotics. Bubonic plague is caused by bacterial infection. It is caused by infection with a specific type of bacteria, Yersinia pestis. This disease usually spreads in the human body due to animals having the nature of biting, which usually come in contact with fleas. Sometimes these fleas also bite people, due to which the risk of its infection increases.