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Russian tourists from Siberia and the Urals have been affected by the sudden closure of a key border post, suspected to be linked to the plague epidemic.
Mongolian authorities confirmed the death of a husband and his wife from an alleged bubonic plague in Ulgii district.
The emergency management department of Bayan-Ulgii province said: "Preliminary test results show that bubonic plague probably caused the death of both people."
An "undetermined" quarantine period has been declared to prevent its spread.
Dramatic footage showed urgent checks by emergency personnel in protective gear on air passengers arriving in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, on a flight from Bayan, Uglii and Khovd.
Dramatic images showed urgent checks carried out by emergency personnel in protective gear on air passengers arriving in the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar, on a flight from Bayan, Uglii and Khovd.
An emergency team from the National Center for Communicable Diseases and Border Inspection inspected the passengers.
All passengers of Ulgii were sent to the hospital. Others were examined separately in a sports complex.
Russian tourists from Siberia and the Urals have been affected by the sudden closure of a key border post, suspected to be linked to the plague epidemic.
Elena, a resident of Novosibirsk, told NGS: "On the night of April 30 to May 1, the exit of the town of Ulgii was closed because a person died in the hospital that night.
"This plague is transmitted by local animals – marmots."
Russian tourists stranded in western Mongolia after closing the border to stop the spread of infection
A group of nine tourists asked for help from the Russian consulate.
An FSB border control officer in the Altai Republic said that the border had been closed due to May holidays.
Reports indicate that the border will be closed until May 5.
According to reports, a 38-year-old man died on 27 April and his pregnant wife 37 three days later. Their deaths leave four orphaned children between the ages of two and thirteen.
Dr. N. Tsogbadrakh, director of the National Center for Dermatology and Zoonotic Medicine, said: "Despite the ban on eating groundhogs, Citizen T has been chasing the groundhog.
'He ate the meat and gave it to his wife, and they died because the plague had bitten her belly.
"Four children are orphans."
Dr. N. Tsogbadrakh, Director of the National Center for Dermatology and Zoonotic Medicine, said: "Despite the ban on eating groundhogs, Citizen T has been chasing the groundhog
A total of 158 people who had 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 thought to be the cause of the Black Death that spread in the 14th century in Asia, Europe and Africa, killing around 50 million people.
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