China.Some 2,500 adults and 623 children have been so far given vaccinations in one district alone in mountainous Tuva republic in Siberia - a favourite Vladimir Putin holiday spot.The region shares a frontier with Mongolia.A huge disinfection campaign has been carried out to kill infected fleas by spraying across a large area near remote villages, it was announced."A wide distribution of the plague pathogen was revealed in Ovyursky and Mongun-Taiginsky districts with a total area of 340.1 square kilometres (131 square miles)," said Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's health watchdog.In one area, eight shepherd camps with 51 people including 16 children were deemed at serious risk of infection."In Ovyursky district, the dangerous area is Khandagayty.
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