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US: Arizona resident dies from plague, 1 in 2 decades

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Officials said on Friday that a resident of Coconino County, Arizona died of a pneumonic plague, the first death in the county in about two decades, the officials said on Friday.According to a statement by Northern Erizona Healthcare, the resident “recently went to the Flagstaff Medical Center and on the same day despite efforts to provide” lifetime revival “,” lifetime revival “, died, who runs a hospital.The test confirmed that the patient was infected with Yarsinia pasteis, bacteria that causes pneumonic plague, appearing as a severe lung infection. Officials said this was the first recorded death from the pneumonic plague in Coconino County since 2007. Officials said that the risk of coming in contact with the plague is low. According to the federal centers of disease control and prevention, it is rare to appear in humans for cases of disease cases.

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