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China Seals Off Villages After Bubonic Plague Deaths

John Xie

   China on Saturday sealed off another village in Inner Mongolia after a
   resident died from bubonic plague, the second lockdown in the region in
   two days.

   According to a statement issued by the Health Commission of Bayannaoer,
   a local patient suffering with the centuries-old disease died Friday of
   multiple organ failure. He was the second victim of the plague reported
   this month in the northern Chinese region.

   "The place of residence of the deceased is locked down, and a
   comprehensive epidemiological investigation is being carried out," the
   announcement posted on the commission's website said.

   The first lockdown was announced Thursday in an adjacent city when the
   health commission of Baotou announced a villager there had died of
   circulatory system failure.

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