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China reports fourth case of bubonic plague this month - Nasdaq Posted: 27 Nov 2019 09:02 PM PST BEIJING, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Chinese health authorities on Thursday reported a fresh case of bubonic plague in the country's northern Inner Mongolia region, bringing the total number of cases to four since the beginning of the month. A rural herder in Siziwang county was diagnosed with the disease in a local hospital, according to a statement released by the Inner Mongolian health commission. Prior to the diagnosis the herder had been active in an area where plague sources had been identified, it said. The person is in a stable condition after treatment at a local hospital and four other people have been quarantined. The bubonic plague, known as "Black Death" in the Middle Ages, is a highly-infectious and often fatal disease that is spread mostly by rodents. Earlier this month three people from Inner Mongolia were hospitalised for plague in two separate cases that were linked to eating wild animals. Authorities previously said the two cases were unrelated. The latest reported case is not in the same region of Inner Mongolia as either of the two earlier cases, and so far there have been no fatalities reported. Plague cases are not uncommon in China, but outbreaks have become increasingly rare. From 2009 to 2018, China reported just 26 cases and 11 deaths. (Reporting by Cate Cadell Editing by Shri Navaratnam) ((Cate.Cadell@thomsonreuters.com; +8618510722863;)) The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.

Soup kitchen prepares for annual Thanksgiving feast - Beaumont Enterprise Posted: 27 Nov 2019 04:20 PM PST Volunteers with Some Other Place prepare for a Thanksgiving feast for the homeless and needy Volunteers with Some Other Place prepare for a Thanksgiving feast for the homeless and needy Photo: Isaac Windes / Isaac Windes/ Photo: Isaac Windes / Isaac Windes/ Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Image 1 of 4 Volunteers with Some Other Place prepare for a Thanksgiving feast for the homeless and needy Volunteers with Some Other Place prepare for a Thanksgiving feast for the homeless and needy Photo: Isaac Windes / Isaac Windes/ Soup kitchen prepares for annual Thanksgiving feast Back to Gallery A Beaumont soup kitchen has prepared to feed a Thanksgiving meal to about 450 people Thursday. Some Other Place will be serving the food — turkey, green-bean casserole, sweet potato casserole and other traditional Thanksgiving fare — from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Some Other Place is named as a tongue-in-cheek play on the apathy and lack of resources that used to plague the area. "When people would ask for resources, or food, they would be told 'oh, you have to go to some other place,'" Kitchen Coordinator Henry Joyner said. "Well, we are 'some other place' now" Joyner said the kitchen has been working for days on Thursday's meal. "We started Monday, cooking a traditional Thanksgiving lunch, cooking the turkey and pulling it apart, getting dressing ready and making the green bean casserole. Like anyone else's Thanksgiving, it is too many carbohydrates, but it is good," he said with a laugh. The food is only part of what is provided, Director Paula O'Neal said. "Most of these people are, for the most part, invisible…when you see them on the street," she said. "In here, I tell them all the time, as important as the meal that we give them is, looking them in the eye and recognizing them as a human being … is just as important." In addition to serving a sit-down traditional Thanksgiving meal to as many as 250 people at their kitchen facility in downtown Beaumont, the organization will be delivering just as many meals to people who are housebound. Joyner, who ran the kitchen for fifteen years before retiring, said that service is one of the most important they provide. "To me, those are the most important, because those people got nothing else," he said. "And there is a need in the community." O'Neal said the service was "a calling," for the volunteers, who along with the clients, have a good time. Suzanne Lambremont, who was running food service on Wednesday, said the volunteer turn-out has been overwhelming this year. "There are some days before Thanksgiving where we are scrambling," Lambremont said. "People are out of town, or they are on vacation, or they are sick." "But if the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is the fourth Wednesday of the month, St. Stephen's Episcopal already volunteers the fourth Wednesday of every month, so then we have even more volunteers than we need, like today." Lambremont said she volunteers to "fulfill her Christ-directed purpose of caring for the homeless." "This is really the community supporting the needy in a fantastic way, and incorporating the energy and the resources of the church and other organizations," she said. "For a community the size of Beaumont, it is really just incredible how many people come out." In addition to volunteers, Lambremont said local businesses like Market Basket and Panera Bread donate food on a regular basis. Joyner said that while more volunteers join in on the holidays, the atmosphere is festive every day of the year. "So many of these folks know each other," Joyner said. "It is not like they are transients that don't know anybody. These folks are neighbors, and it is almost a festive atmosphere on a day to day basis." While Thanksgiving is a special time, with extra choices and sit down service, Lambremont said the door is open to anyone year-round. "All you have to do is walk through that door from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and you are guaranteed a hot meal, and as many refills as you can handle in that one hour, no questions asked." Some Other Place is located at 1158 McFaddin Ave. isaac.windes@hearstnp.com twitter.com/isaacdwindes

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