A man died of bubonic plague in Gansu province, China

A city in China was closed and 151 people were quarantined after a man died of bubonic plague. The 30,000 inhabitants of the city Yumen, from Gansu province (northwest China) are not allowed to leave the town, and police blocked access roads and forcing cars to go around the city.

It appears that the victim, a man aged 38, had been in contact with a dead woodchuck probably infected. The city has enough rice, flour and oil to feed people for a month, Chinese authorities said, adding that people who are quarantined and the townspeople are in stable condition.

It is estimated that in the Middle Ages, the Black Death killed between 75 and 200 million people. Plague pandemic of 1340-1350 years was regarded as one of the most devastating in human history, resulting in the disappearance of about 30% - 60% of the population of Europe.

Currently, bubonic plague can be treated with antibiotics, the mortality rate was reduced somewhere between 1 and 15 percent treated. However, the most important criterion is that increases the chances of survival when administered treatment. Specifically, the patient should be started only 12-24 hours of the first symptoms.