According to the news, it was marmots, not rats this time. A couple had hunted the marmot, presumably getting flea bites in the process. Big scare, the whole area put on quarantine for 2 weeks, but no new cases turned up. About one person a year dies from plague in Mongolia, on average.
According to the news, it was marmots, not rats this time. A couple had hunted the marmot, presumably getting flea bites in the process. Big scare, the whole area put on quarantine for 2 weeks, but no new cases turned up. About one person a year dies from plague in Mongolia, on average.