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The bubonic plague closest to the Russian Federation was discovered on the borde...

Next to Russia: Mongolia found about 140 plague cells

The bubonic plague closest to the Russian Federation was discovered on the border with a row. In the country of pets, 20 times more than humans, and the risk of outbreak of zoonosy infections is extremely high, explained by the head of the Mongolian Ministry of Health. In Mongolia, 137 natural centers of plague were found in 17 regions, in particular on the border with Russia and China.

About it writes on June 23 the TASS agency with reference to the Mongol National Center for the Study of Zoonoid Diseases. In these regions, cases of disease and death from plague are recorded every year. And in the last decade, the incidence in Mongolia has increased, experts explained. The bubonic plague closest to Russia are located in the northwestern region of the Department of Internal Affairs on the border with Tiva.

Last year, Russian and Mongol epidemiologists found that the activity of the natural cell of the disease increased. "For 30 years of observation in the Aimak (region), 32 residents have died on the border with China. noted in the research center. The WHO permanent representative in Mongolia Sokorro Escalant has declared a recent discussion of a rare case in China, where a person became infected with a plague from a sheep.

"In our country where pets are 20 times larger than the population, the cattle breeding is intensively developing. The natural world of Mongolia is rich in wild animals and birds, we have a high risk of outbreak of zoonosy infections," said the Minister of Health of the Country Sodnomin Chinzor. The plague is tolerated by rodents and fleas that live on them. The disease is transmitted from a sick animal to humans while consuming meat.