MANILA, Philippines - The Department of
Health (DOH) yesterday calmed the public
that there is no need to be alarmed regarding the death of person from plague in China last week that is reported
died from getting contact with dead rodent.
DOH spokesman Lyndon Lee Suy said China had
started executing defensive measures to contain the disease. He added that
affected area had been sealed off and China’s implementation of measure prevents
the disease to spread, although Lee Suy could not determine if the Philippines
had already experienced the disease.
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| The bubonic plague. Photo by AFP/CDC |
The Bureau of Immigration (BI) and the Bureau
of Quarantine (BQ) are studying the situation as to whether they are going to implement regulations on
travelers after the reported death from bubonic plague in the city of Yumen.
BI spokesman Elaine Tan said “We will
coordinate with the Bureau of Quarantine and ask if they have any advice or
suggestion on how to deal with travelers from other countries.”
Parts of Yumen in northwestern China have
placed by Chinese government under
quarantine following a 38-year-old man died
after getting in contact with a dead rodent.The Xinhua news agency reported
that health officials and specialists have already sent to Yumen to enclose the
bubonic outbreak.
According to Atlanta-based Center for Disease
Prevention and Control, the bacterium
Yersinia pestis transmitted, “ is typically acquired from the bite of infected rat fleas” that causes
bubonic plague.
Bubonic plague is widespread in rural areas
in central and southern Africa, central Asia and the Indian subcontinent, in
some parts of the southwestern United States and in the northeastern part
of South America. Its development period is usually from one to six days and its symptoms are the
“rapid onset of fever, swollen, and gentle
lymph nodes, usually inguinal, axillary or cervical.”
Source: philstar
