China News Agency, Hohhot, July 7 (Reporter Zhang Wei) The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Health Committee officially announced on the 7th that three plague epidemic sites have been found in Inner Mongolia, and 15 close contacts of a confirmed case have been implemented for home medical isolation observation.
Plague is a natural epidemic disease caused by Yersinia pestis. It is highly contagious and the population is generally susceptible. It is one of the most serious infectious diseases that harm humanity. It is an international quarantine infectious disease and ranks first in China's legal Class A infectious disease.
Fu Ruifeng, deputy director of the Inner Mongolia Health and Health Commission, said that in the early morning of July 5th, the Inner Mongolia Health and Health Commission received a report from the Bayannaoer City Health and Health Commission that a patient admitted to Wulatezhongqi was found to be a suspected case of bubonic plague, typical symptoms For fever, the right thigh groin can touch swollen lymph nodes and have tenderness; on the afternoon of July 5, the laboratory was reviewed by the Inner Mongolia Comprehensive Disease Control Center laboratory, combined with clinical symptoms and epidemiological history, and was diagnosed with bubonic plague.
"After receiving the report, the Inner Mongolia Health and Health Commission sent medical experts and disease control experts to Wulate Zhongqi to guide the local efforts to carry out patient treatment and epidemic prevention and control." Fu Ruifeng said that as of July 6, the patient's temperature, Pulse, blood pressure, breathing, heart rate are normal, diet, mental and sleep are better than before, and all vital signs are stable.
Fu Ruifeng said that at present, plague bacteria have been detected in three epidemic sites, one of which is Wengen Town, Wulat Zhongqi, where the diagnosed patients are located. This epidemic spot found four dead rats on June 18 and was later determined to be a plague rat.
According to the current epidemiological data, the patients' daily life is dominated by pasture grazing and has been living and living near the epidemic site. The patient reported that he had not been exposed to plague patients or fever patients, had not ate wild animals, and had not been exposed to dead animals or dead rats 10 days before the onset of illness.
The reporter learned that after the epidemic occurred, Urat Zhongqi urgently launched a level IV emergency response and level III prevention and control early warning for public health emergencies.
At present, all 15 close contacts of the diagnosed patients have been implemented with home medical isolation and observation measures, and the epidemic sites have been eliminated. Up to now, the treatment area of the epidemic area has reached 3.6 square kilometers, and no abnormal symptoms have appeared in close contacts. (Finish)