Chinese Citizen Contracts Bubonic Plague After Eating Wild Hare

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The Chinese regime has confirmed a third plague case, after a patient who cooked and consumed a wild hare was diagnosed with bubonic plague on Nov. 16.

Earlier this week, a couple was diagnosed with pneumonic plague, but authorities have said the two instances aren’t related.

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Chinese state-run media Xinhua reported on Nov. 17 that the new patient works in the Bayin Tara Sumu Quarry in Xianghuangqi, in the Xilin Gol region of Inner Mongolia.