BEIJING: A 15-year-old boy has died in western Mongolia of bubonic plague after eating an infected marmot, the country’s health ministry announced.
Two other teenagers who also ate the marmot were being treated with antibiotics, ministry spokesman Narangerel Dorj said.
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