FREE newsletter is packed with the best (and weirdest) stories from around the worldChina has quarantined dozens of people suspected of having bubonic plague – including one boy who reportedly became infected after eating a marmot.The boy reportedly has a high fever after eating the animal, which is a type of dog and may have been hunted by a dog.The case was reported in Mongolia's Bayan-Ulgii aimag province.Medics said his condition has improved but that 34 others have been quarantined.
It comes after a case was reported in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of Bayannur. D. Narangeral, head of ministry of health in Mongolia, said: "The child's condition has improved and there are reports that the fever has dropped and the pain in the.
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