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From: Elina Karakulova (ekarakulova@sorosny.org)
Date: Wed Jul 30 2003 - 17:01:10 EDT
PLAGUE DIAGNOSIS CONFIRMED IN MANGYSTAU
Three cases of plague were confirmed on 30 July in western Kazakhstan's Mangystau Oblast, Kazinform reported the same day. The three are residents of the village of Zhangyldy who slaughtered a camel and shared the meat not only with fellow villagers who are now under observation for plague symptoms but also with residents of a neighboring village. Both villages are now under quarantine, according to khabar.kz and Russian media on 29 July. This is reported to be the first outbreak of plague in Kazakhstan, where the disease is endemic, since 2001. There has already been one plague fatality in Kazakhstan in 2003, when a victim of pneumonic plague died in Aktyubinsk on 10 July, according to "Ekspress-K" on 30 July. BB
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