Over 3,000 Infected in China’s Latest Bacterial Disease Outbreak

Over 3,000 Infected in China’s Latest Bacterial Disease Outbreak
People line up to take a swab test during mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing, China on June 21, 2020. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images
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Nearly a year after an outbreak of brucellosis, a highly infectious bacterial disease, took hold in Lanzhou city, in China’s northwest Gansu Province, the city’s health commission said that 3,245 people have tested positive for the disease.

The city’s announcement on Sept. 15 comes as an update after a review by the Gansu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Frank Yue
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Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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