Another person died in Inner Mongolia province • Following the identification of the disease, his relatives were transferred to quarantine • There may be other deaths that were not reported to the World Health Organization

• A hospital in China

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Is the disease recurring? For the second time this year in two months, China is reporting the onset of the disease in the country in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

According to the current report, which was passed on to the World Health Organization, a man from a small village in the county died at a city hospital in a car from the thing after it damaged his blood vessels. Following the identification of the disease, the authorities ordered the closure of the village and its total disinfection, with all people who came in contact with the same person, including nine relatives and 26 people who were in contact with him, being placed in quarantine despite being tested and found negative. 

The previous case was also reported in the Inner Mongolian province last July, then as now a general disinfection procedure was done and the state medical alert was raised to level 3 out of 4 to prepare the medical staff for the outbreak of the disease.

Transmitters of the disease are rats, fleas or wild rodents, but unlike in the past today there is an antibiotic drug that if given in time the disease can be overcome. It is important to note that in China a number of cases have been identified in recent years due to eating hunted rodents. Following this, the authorities began an extensive information campaign about the dangers inherent in eating live game meat, especially of wild animals that were not raised in a controlled manner. 

However after disappearing for many years, the World Health Organization recently announced the recurrence of the disease that each year dies in the world between 1000-2000 people. This is an approximate estimate, and there may be additional deaths from the disease that are not reported in different countries around the world. 

Today, the World Health Organization fears that the bacterium will become stronger, and will be resistant to some of the drugs against it. It is important to note that this disease exists in all continents of the world and that cases of the disease are reported from time to time in the US and Europe as well and therefore is constantly monitored.