A six-year-old child in Uyench soum (administrative subdivision) of  Khovd Province in Mongolia was reported to be infected with bubonic plague in Western Mongolia, according to the country's National Center for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD).

Up to 17 out of all 21 provinces of Mongolia were currently at risk of the bubonic plague, a senior official of the country's National Center for Zoonotic Diseases (NCZD) said Thursday.