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WHO monitoring China bubonic plague situation
'At the moment, we are not considering it high-risk but we're watching it, monitoring it carefully,' says WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris
China steps up precautions after bubonic plague case
While the contagious bubonic plague is rare in China and can be treated, at least 5 people have died from it since 2014, says China's National Health Commission
'Plague Inc.' creators and WHO working on new save-the-world game mode
Ndemic Creations also donates $250,000 split between the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the WHO’s COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund
'Plague Inc.' game pulled from Apple's App Store in China – developer
Ndemic Creations, the app's maker, says it is unclear if the decision is linked to the deadly new coronavirus outbreak, which began in central China in December
Locust swarms arrive in South Sudan, threatening more misery
Billions of desert locusts, some in swarms the size of Moscow, have already chomped their way through Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Djibouti, Eritrea, Tanzania, Sudan and Uganda
2 treated for deadly pneumonic plague in Beijing
Pneumonic plague can prove fatal in 24 to 72 hours and is the 'most virulent form of plague,' according to the World Health Organization, while the bubonic form is less dangerous
Madagascar plague deaths hit 94, with 1,100 suspected cases – WHO
WHO's director for health emergencies in Africa, Ibrahima Soce Fall, says that out of 1,153 suspected cases, 300 are laboratory confirmed
Madagascar plague death toll climbs to 74
A total of 805 cases have been reported on the poor Indian Ocean island nation since August, the health ministry says in a statement
Madagascar plague death toll climbs to 30
Madagascar has a history of plague outbreaks almost every year since 1980, but this outbreak is unusual because it has affected urban areas
Panic in Madagascar as plague spreads
In just the past few days, the highly infectious disease has wreaked havoc in the poor Indian Ocean island nation, claiming 6 lives in the capital city Antananarivo and causing widespread panic
North Korea has large chemical weapons stockpile – Seoul
UPDATED Pyongyang is believed to have up to 5 000 tons of chemical weapons including the VX nerve agent allegedly used to kill Kim Jong Nam
China reopens town sealed after plague death
Authorities had exterminated rodents and fleas in designated quarantine zones while 151 close contacts of the man had been kept in isolation for nine days without showing symptoms
City 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China
A dead marmot may have been the cause of a case of bubonic plague in Yumen a city in the Gansu province of China
Locust plague could cause food crisis in Madagascar - UN
By September Madagascar s worst locust plague in 60 years will have infested two thirds of the Indian Ocean island s crops FAO experts said
Residents in China ordered to cull birds: media
Residents of a Chinese city were ordered to cull all their poultry as authorities stepped up attempts to halt the spread of the deadly H7N9 bird flu
