You might have thought that the bubonic plague was ancient history, but last week a man in Yumen, China died of the disease, prompting the country to seal off an entire city in order to stop it from spreading. The man contracted the disease after coming in contact with a dead marmot that was carrying the bacteria. Now, about 30,000 people in Yumen have been placed under quarantine and no one is being let in or out of the city.
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