Published 14:45 IST, July 7th 2020

'Could 2020 get any less weirder?' moan netizens as '#Bubonicplague' trends on Twitter

The news of bubonic plague from China's Bayannur city broke the internet. Twitterati came out in droves wondering what next would 2020 have in store for us

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While entire world is battling with COVID-19 pandemic, rrn China has released an alert after suspecting a Bubonic plague. suspected Bubonic plague case was reported in a hospital in Bayannur, China and city later anunced a level III warning of plague control and prevention. As soon as news broke internet, Twitter was abuzz with netizens bemoaning yet ar probable pandemic. 

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Twitterati react to China's bubonic plague 2020

According to World Health Organization (WHO), Bubonic plague is a of bacterial disease that is spre by fleas who live on wild rodents such as marmots. It can kill an ult in less than 24 hours if y're t treated in time. confirmed cases of bubonic plague are a 27-year-old resident and his 17-year-old bror and both of m are being treated at two separate hospitals. Also, a sum total of 146 people who h been in contact with contracted have also been treated at local hospitals, suggest reports by an online portal.

After suspecting bubonic plague case on Saturday, local health authority of Bayannur anunced that warning period will continue by  end of 2020. Meanwhile, Twitterati took to micro-blogging platform to react to yet ar b news of 2020, but in a rar unique way. hashtag '#bubonicplague' was also trending on Twitter as many expressed ir concern while several ors shared some hilarious memes to react to China's bubonic plague warning.

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While one user wrote, "Oh great. w, it’s PLAGUE. #China confirms a case of #BubonicPlague, a bacterial disease that is spre by fleas living on wild rodents. It can kill an ult in less than 24 hours if t treated in time. Could 2020 be any weirder?" ar wrote, "Oh sure....... Why t??? #bubonicplague........ ...... 2020 really is turning out to be a corker. (sic)". Check out Twitterati's reaction below:

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Meanwhile, re were reports about a of swine-flu 'G4' from China which broke internet a couple of days back. Neerja actor Sonam Kapoor h taken to her Instagram stories to react to news as she wrote, "I've h a version of swine flu... I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It's one of most difficult things I've gone through. I hope this isn't true. (sic)". Check out her post below:

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14:44 IST, July 7th 2020