Bubonic plague kills teen in central Asia KYRGYZSTAN – Known as the Black Death, it killed 25 million people in Europe during the middle ages. Now in Kyrgystan officials have to quarantine more than 100 people after a teenage boy died of bubonic plague. Reports say the …
Aug. 28, 2013 - CW39 NewsFix
Death from Bubonic Plague Reported in Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan’s Health Ministry has confirmed the death of a teenager from bubonic plague, an infectious disease most famously known as the Black Death that killed approximately one-third of Europe’s population in the 14th century. On August 26 the ministry said an autopsy on 15-year-old Temirbek Isakunov had confirmed the boy had contracted the disease. Isakunov died in Issyk-Kul province on ...
Aug. 26, 2013 - EurasiaNet