Yosemite plague: Camp ground closed after second case
214 views · Published 19 August 2015 · 3:06 · Indexed 8 November 2026
Channel: Real Thing TV · 2015 · News & Politics
Yosemite plague: Camp ground closed after second case. US health officials have closed a portion of Yosemite National Park after it emerged that a second tourist might have contracted plague. Authorities believe the disease, which is treatable with antibiotics, was spread by squirrels and fleas. The tourist's camp site - the Tuolumne Meadows Campground- will be closed until Friday as workers treat the area with insecticide. A California child fell ill last month, but has recovered. The latest suspected case is a person from Georgia who visited the Sierra National Forest in early August, but officials did not give further details. Symptoms of the plague include high fever, chills, nausea, weakness and swollen lymph nodes in the neck, armpit or groin. If left untreated, the disease can be fatal. Since 1970, 40 cases of plague have been reported in California, and nine people have died from the disease. Health officials commonly find plague-infected animals but human cases are relatively rare. "The risk of exposure to people is very low," Dr Vicki Kramer of the California Department of Public Health told the Los Angeles Times.
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