Rats are known carriers of the plague. — Reuters pic
Rospotrebnadzor, the state consumer safety watchdog, said tests had begun on rodents such as marmots in the eastern Siberian region of Burytia, which borders Mongolia. Public health officials have appealed to residents of the mountainous Tuva and Altai regions not to hunt or eat marmots after two bubonic plague cases were confirmed in Mongolia last week.Yesterday, the World Health Organization said it was also monitoring a case of bubonic plague in China after being notified by the authorities in Beijing.
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