Teenager Dies Of Bubonic Plague In Kyrgyzstan

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A 15 year old boy, from a village called Ichke-Zhergez in eastern Kyrgyzstan, close to the border with Kazakhstan and the Issyk-Kul lake died of bubonic plague.

The little boy passed away last Thursday. Apparently, the last death that occurred because of bubonic plague in Kyrgyzstan was 30 years ago.

Bubonic plague, known as the “Black Death” was a disease that killed tens of millions of people in the 14th century in Europe.

Doctors claim that he died because he contracted the disease from a flea living on a marmot that his family had cooked.

According to the minister, she said they had to hospitalize and isolate 105 people who have had contact with the deceased, including doctors and medical staff that treated the boy.

Now checkpoints have been set up and travel and livestock transport restricted, with teams being sent to the area to get rid of rodents, which host the fleas that can carry the deadly bacterium.