City sealed off after bubonic plague death

China has sealed off parts of its north-western city of Yumen after a resident died of bubonic plague last week, state media said.

A 38-year-old was infected by a marmot — a wild rodent — and died on July 16. Several districts of the city of about 100,000 people in Gansu province were subsequently turned into special quarantine zones, Xinhua said.

It said 151 people who came into direct contact with the victim were also placed in quarantine.