Mongolia province on lockdown over plague scare


ULAN BATOR: An administrative subdivision of Zavkhan province in western Mongolia has been quarantined for an indefinite period after a suspected case of bubonic plague was reported, local government said.

A 39-year-old resident of Uliastai soum had shown symptoms of high-grade fever, headache and muscle aches after eating marmot meat with his family a week ago.

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