A man and his pregnant wife died from the disease after they ate an infected marmot.
Passengers have been taken off a plane and put under medical supervision over fears they had contact with a couple who died from the bubonic plague.
Eleven passengers from the west of Mongolia were held at the airport and sent immediately for hospital checks, while more than 150 others were examined at the airport. In addition, a key border near the Russian city of Novosibirsk and the Mongolian city of Uglii was suddenly closed until May 5. The WHO said that between 2010 and 2015 there were 3,248 cases reported worldwide, including 584 deaths. There are plague vaccines but none are available to the general public, Mail Online reported.
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