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A group of foreign and Russian tourists shut themselves up in the city of Uglii, where the plague claimed the lives of a husband and his pregnant wife. Image: Timur Konev
The Mongolian Ministry of Health confirmed that two people – a 38-year-old man and his 37-year-old pregnant wife – died as a result of the plague after consuming raw meat and internal organs from a groundhog.
Their deaths left four orphaned children between the ages of two and thirteen.
Dramatic images showed that at least one plane was being met by anti-contamination rescuers in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
The local town of Ulgii (or Ölgii), on the border with Russia, was closed to quarantine by the Mongolian health authorities and army.
Dozens of tourists from around the world have had to modify their holiday plans and are now waiting to know when they might be allowed to leave the city.
The health and epidemiological services of the Russian Republics of Altai and Tuva, neighboring the Mongol province of Bayan-Olgii, have been on high alert since the plague erupted. Pictures: Vesti Rossiya
"Did you think that the plague was something of the age of darkness?" U.S. too!! We were about to leave Ulgii to go deeper into Mongolia, but all the exits from the city were closed and we were not allowed to leave. Half of the city is closed because of marmots contaminated by the plague! ", Wrote the traveler Elena Kovena from Kemerovo who is stuck on the border with her husband Timur.
"It's so surreal!"
With a large group of travelers from the United States, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, South Korea and Germany, the Russians besieged the authorities, desperate to leave the city.
The tragic family who died of the plague was infected after eating raw kidneys from a groundhog.
An old Mongolian tradition claims that raw meat and internal organs of freshly killed marmots reinforce health, local media reports said.
Russian adventurers Elena and Timur found themselves stuck in the city of Uglii after the bubonic plague killed two people. Pictures: Timur Konev
The Mongolian Ministry of Health stressed that they did not think that the plague situation was critical or close to the epidemic.
Yet, no deadline has been announced for quarantine which, in the worst case, can last up to 21 days.
"We were told to wait for updates on Monday, May 6," said tourist Timur Konev.
Speaking from inside the Eagle's Nest hotel, with an international group of tourists in distress sharing a drink and a meal, Timur said: "Six nationalities have come together more early in the day to plan the emergency exit.
"We talked to the local administration, the local police, but they did not let us out."
A group of foreign and Russian tourists found themselves locked up in the city of Uglii where the plague cost the lives of a husband and his pregnant wife.
The health and epidemiological services of the Russian Republics of Altai and Tuva, neighboring the Mongol province of Bayan-Olgii, have been on high alert since the plague erupted.
In Uglii, a total of 158 people who came into direct or indirect contact with the couple are "under surveillance".
Plague is a bacterial disease transmitted by fleas living on wild rodents such as marmots.
According to the World Health Organization, the disease can kill an adult in less than 24 hours if it is not treated on time.
The plague is believed to be the cause of the Black Death that spread to the 14th century in Asia, Europe and Africa, causing about 50 million deaths.
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