A region of Russia, bordering Mongolia, on Thursday launched a vaccination campaign against bubonic plague. The leader of the Siberian Republic of Tuva in particular ordered to vaccinate yak farmers.
Several cases of bubonic plague have recently been discovered in the region. "The disease is dangerous and trying," the leader said in a statement, stressing the need to have "a permanent stock of vaccine". According to him, ten cases of bubonic plague, including two deaths, have been recorded in Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia.
Avoid eating marmots
People must also understand "the danger of consuming groundhog meat", which can carry the Yersinia pestis bacteria , responsible for the plague, as well as "the need to be vaccinated in time," insisted the leader. At least one person dies each year from bubonic plague in Mongolia, where campaigns are orchestrated to deter people from approaching or eating groundhogs.
In early July, the Russian authorities had already called for no longer hunting and consuming marmots after the discovery of cases of bubonic plague in neighboring Mongolia and China. The Russian health services had also started a campaign to detect plague among rodents in Buryatia, another Russian region bordering Mongolia.
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