Town 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China

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Town 'sealed off' after man dies of plague in China

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/town-sealed-off-man-dies-plague-china-110903049.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r0e6zkB_4bxfXmQb77G8pA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/161ab33f0ef4853ff8a3984c277a9f0a37473de3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This Centers For Disease Control (CDC) image shows the bubonic plague, a bacterial infection which killed tens of millions of people in 14th-century Europe" align="left" title="This Centers For Disease Control (CDC) image shows the bubonic plague, a bacterial infection which killed tens of millions of people in 14th-century Europe" border="0" /></a>A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic plague, state media said Tuesday. The 30,000 people living in Yumen in the northwestern province of Gansu are not being allowed to leave, and police at roadblocks on its perimeter are telling motorists to find alternative routes, the television arm of the official news agency Xinhua said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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