New Mexico: 2020 human bubonic plague

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Source: https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-new...20-human-bubonic-plague-case/5808212/?cat=504

New Mexico reports case of human bubonic plague
KOB Web Staff
Updated: July 27, 2020 11:30 AM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Health is reporting the state's first human plague case of 2020. Officials said a Santa Fe County man in his 60s has been diagnosed with bubonic plague.

“This is a reminder that even during a pandemic, other infectious diseases are out that that can still put your health at risk,” NMDOH Secretary Kathy Kunkel said. “All New Mexicans need to be aware of the risks for contracting diseases like plague and take the necessary precautions to avoid them.”...

...Plague symptoms in dogs and cats are fever, lethargy and loss of appetite. A dog in Santa Fe County was also diagnosed with the plague this year.

In New Mexico, there was one human plague case in 2019 and none in 2018. ..

 

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Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/us/second-plague-death-new-mexico-man/index.html

A New Mexico man has died from the state's second reported case of plague this year
By Madeline Holcombe and Alta Spells, CNN
Updated 7:22 AM ET, Sat August 8, 2020

(CNN)A New Mexico man has died of septicemic plague, marking the second plague case in the state this year.
The Rio Arriba County man was in his 20s and was hospitalized before he died, the New Mexico Department of Health Friday said in a news release.
"Plague activity in New Mexico is usually highest during the summer months, so it is especially important now to take precautions to avoid rodents and their fleas which can expose you to plague," said Department of Health Secretary Kathy Kunkel...