A 15-year-old man died of plague in Mongolia after a squirrel ate: Isolating Areas

A 15-year-old boy died of bubonic plague in western Mongolia after eating a large infected squirrel, the country's health minister said.

Two other teenagers who also ate that animal are being treated with antibiotics, said Minister Narangerel Dorj's spokesman, writes The Guardian, translates Periscope.

The government has quarantined the Gobi-Altai area, where these cases occurred. The health minister said 15 people who had contact with the boy were quarantined and also receiving antibiotics.

The plague has been found in the marmots, big rodents living in Asia.

The Mongol government has warned the public not to hunt or eat the marmots.

In 2019, Mongolia had placed a six - day quarantine in its western province of Bayan-Ulgii, bordering Russia and China after a Kazakh couple died of plague. /Periscope