A couple have died in Mongolia from bubonic plague after eating raw marmot.. Occurrences of the plague have been found in the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia, and the Mongolian province of Khovd.
The Tarbagan marmot (Marmota sibirica) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.It is found in China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang), northern and western Mongolia, and Russia (southwest Siberia, Tuva, Transbaikalia).
The pair had eaten raw marmot meat and kidney and a six-day quarantine was imposed on May 1 following their deaths in Mongolia’s wester Bayan Olgii province bordering China and Russia. A Mongolian couple died from the bubonic plague after eating raw marmot meat, sparking a quarantine that trapped tourists for days, officials said. The species was classified as endangered by the IUCN in 2008.
The bubonic plague is one of the plague’s three variants, and was responsible for killing up to 200 million people in the 14th Century, in what was called ‘the Black Death’. Bubonic Plague Kills Two In Mongolia Who Hunted And Ate Marmot : Goats and Soda The ancient disease is still around — and killed a couple in Mongolia just this month. The deaths of the Mongolian couple led to a quarantine that left tourists stranded for days. On Monday, Mongolia announced that it had lifted restrictions in Khovd Province after two cases of bubonic plague linked to the consumption of marmot meat were reported a week ago. A statement released by Mongolia… In the Mongolian Altai the range overlaps with that of the Gray marmot. Several cases of bubonic plague were reported there in 2014 through 2016, all connected to marmot meat, and plague vaccination in the region has since been expanded.. Mongolia has quarantined a region near the border of Russia after two suspected cases of bubonic plague from eating marmot meat were confirmed.
A couple who died of the bubonic plague ate raw marmot meat and kidneys before they died, according to an official.