Russia Today: The 30,000 residents of Yumen in China have been cut off from the rest of the country to prevent the potential spread of bubonic plague. Lockdown was declared in the city after a man died of the disease and 151 people have been put in quarantine.
The city of Yumen in the poor northwestern province of Gansu was hit by the plague scare when a 38-year-old man died in hospital after being infected with the disease. Authorities immediately began sealing off parts of the city to prevent any spread of the deadly disease.
People, vehicles and objects have been barred from exiting the old town area of the city and the township of Chijin, where the man lived and was infected, reported the South China Morning Post.
As of yet no further cases of the disease have been reported and 151 people who came into contact with the victim after he became infected have been placed in quarantine as a precautionary measure.
The city’s authorities have also pledged more than $160,000 for emergency vaccinations, wrote local paper the Jiuquan Daily.