Editing Pneumonic plague (section)

===China===
A major outbreak of the pneumonic plague occurred in [[Manchuria]] from 1910 to 1911, in what became known as the [[Manchurian plague]], killing around 60,000 people.<ref name="welford09">{{cite journal |last1=Welford |first1=Mark R. |last2=Bossak |first2=Brian H. |last3=Carter |first3=Dee A. |title=Validation of Inverse Seasonal Peak Mortality in Medieval Plagues, Including the Black Death, in Comparison to Modern Yersinia pestis-Variant Diseases |journal=PLOS ONE |date=22 December 2009 |volume=4 |issue=12 |pages=e8401 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0008401|pmid=20027294 |pmc=2791870 |bibcode=2009PLoSO...4.8401W |doi-access=free }}</ref> The [[Qing dynasty|Qing court]] dispatched [[Wu Lien-teh]], a doctor educated at [[Cambridge University]], to oversee disease control and treatment efforts. He made the novel observation that the disease was [[Airborne disease|transmitted by air]], and developed prototypical [[respirator]]s to help prevent its spread.<ref name=welford20>{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Mark |title=The untold origin story of the N95 mask |url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90479846/the-untold-origin-story-of-the-n95-mask |website=Fast Company |date=24 March 2020}}</ref> A second, less deadly outbreak occurred in 1920–21, killing approximately 9,300 people.<ref name="welford09"/>

The [[People's Republic of China]] has eradicated pneumonic plague from most parts of the country, but still reports occasional cases in remote [[Western China|western]] areas, where the disease is carried by [[rat]]s and the [[marmot]]s that live across the [[Himalayan plateau]]. Outbreaks can be caused when a person eats an infected marmot or comes into contact with fleas carried by rats. A 2006 WHO report from an international meeting on plague cited a Chinese government disease expert as saying that most cases of the plague in [[Northwest China|China's northwest]] occur when hunters are contaminated while skinning infected animals.<ref name="China disinfects"/>

The expert said at the time that, due to the region's remoteness, the disease killed more than half the infected people. The report also said that since the 1990s, there was a rise in plague cases in humans—from fewer than 10 in the 1980s to nearly 100 cases in 1996 and 254 in 2000.<ref>Macartney, Jane (3 August 2009). [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6736993.ece Entire town in quarantine after two die from pneumonic plague in China] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429053006/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6736993.ece |date=29 April 2011 }}. ''[[The Times]]'' (London).</ref> In September 2008, two people in [[East Tibet]] died of pneumonic plague.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tibet.ca/en/library/wtn/4184|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114020348/http://www.tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/4184|url-status=dead|title=Canada Tibet Committee &#124; Library &#124; WTN|archive-date=14 November 2009|website=www.tibet.ca}}</ref>

An outbreak of the disease in China began in August 2009 in [[Ziketan Town]] located in [[Qinghai Province]]. The town was sealed off and several people died as a result of the disease.<ref name="China disinfects">{{cite news | title = China disinfects town where plague killed 3rd man | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLFGFVYaEEFibpJ7MThpiQsgInWQD99RVPLO1 | agency = Associated Press | date = 4 August 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090808004634/http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iLFGFVYaEEFibpJ7MThpiQsgInWQD99RVPLO1 | archive-date = 8 August 2009 }}</ref><ref name="4th plague patient near death in NW China province">{{cite news | title = 4th plague patient near death in NW China province | url = http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11826797.htm | publisher = Xinhua | date = 5 August 2009 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090808151247/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/05/content_11826797.htm | archive-date = 8 August 2009 }}</ref> According to spokesperson Vivian Tan of the WHO office in [[Beijing]], "In cases like this [in August 2009], we encourage the authorities to identify cases, to investigate any suspicious symptoms among close contacts, and to treat confirmed cases as soon as possible. So far, they have done exactly that. There have been sporadic cases reported around the country in the last few years so the authorities do have the experience to deal with this."<ref>[http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/2009837311848754.html Alert over China plague outbreak] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090803100452/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2009/08/2009837311848754.html |date=3 August 2009 }}. [[Al Jazeera Arabic|Al Jazeera]]. 3 August 2009.</ref>

In September 2010, five cases of pneumonic plague were reported in Tibet.<ref name=Dawa2011>{{cite journal|pmid=21781509|year=2011|last1=Dawa|first1=W|title=Clinical features, diagnosis and treatment of 5 cases of primary pneumonic plague in Tibet in 2010|journal=Zhonghua jie he<!--sic erat scriptum--> he hu xi za zhi |volume=34|issue=6|pages=404–08|last2=Pan|first2=W. J.|last3=Gu|first3=X. Y.|last4=Zhang|first4=S. Q.|last5=Dawa|first5=C|last6=Yi|first6=X|last7=Ciwang|first7=Z|last8=Wang|first8=Y|last9=Li|first9=S. Y.|last10=Jiang|first10=R. M.}}</ref>

In July 2014, Chinese media reported one case found in Gansu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/18/content_17840795.htm|title=151 quarantined in Gansu after plague death – China |website= Chinadaily.com.cn|date=18 July 2014|access-date=30 January 2018|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175938/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-07/18/content_17840795.htm|archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>

On 12 November 2019, It was announced that two people from the Chinese province of [[Inner Mongolia]] were diagnosed with pneumonic plague. They received treatment in [[Chaoyang District, Beijing]], and authorities implemented preventative control measures.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yeung|first1=Jessie  |title=Two people got the plague in China. Why is it still a thing? |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/13/health/china-plague-intl-hnk-scn-scli/index.html |access-date=14 November 2019 |work=CNN}}</ref> Later in November, a third case of plague was confirmed. A 55-year-old man was diagnosed with [[bubonic plague]] after eating wild rabbit in Inner Mongolia. The region's health commission says it has no evidence to suggest that this case is linked to the previous two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/11/14/20963154/plague-china-pneumonic-bubonic-pandemic-preparedness|title=We never really got rid of the plague. 3 people in China just caught it.|first=Sigal|last=Samuel|date=14 November 2019|website=Vox|access-date=25 July 2020}}</ref> By the end of November, a fourth case was confirmed. Chinese health authorities reported a fresh case of bubonic plague in the country's northern Inner Mongolia region, bringing the total number of reported plague cases originating from Inner Mongolia to four.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-plague-idUSKBN1Y20BI|title=China reports fourth case of plague this month|newspaper=Reuters|date=28 November 2019|access-date=25 July 2020|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref>