And not just any plague, it was the big one, bubonic, Black Death:
Plague in China confirmed as 2 cases of highly-infectious ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plague-in-china-deadly-pneumonic-plague-2-treated-in-beijing-officials-confirm-today-2019-11-14/
November 14, 2019 / 8:59 AM / cbs/AFP ... Plague, sometimes known as the Black Death, wiped out millions of people in the Middle Ages during widespread outbreaks the mid-1300s.
Bubonic Plague's Most Dangerous Strain Reported By Chinese ...
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/11/15/779526827/china-reports-2-cases-of-the-most-dangerous-type-of-plague
Nov 15, 2019 Bubonic Plague's Most Dangerous Strain Reported By Chinese Authorities : ... November 15, 2019 11:17 AM ET. ... This story was updated on November 18 to include reports of a third case of plague.
And then it just disappeared. Maybe some good news?Bubonic plague: Third case reported in ChinaAmid the growing panic about the plague, the irony is that it far outstrips the real risks. Despite its devastating impact on human history, Yersinia pestis need not inspire fear or death in 2019 ...
Written by Tim Newman on November 19, 2019 - Fact checked by Jasmin Collier According to Chinese officials, doctors have recently diagnosed a third case of bubonic plague in a month. Although the ...
China Bubonic Plague Outbreak 2019: 4th Case Confirmed
https://www.medicaldaily.com/china-bubonic-plague-outbreak-2019-4th-case-confirmed-446628
Dec 2, 2019 01:01 AM By Darwin Malicdem. The number of people contracting plague continues to grow in China. Officials confirmed the fourth patient affected by the disease in the northern region of the country. A herder was diagnosed with bubonic plague in late November. Officials in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, ...
So now I wonder about this one, from January 2020:
Ancient unknown viruses found locked in China glacier ice and a melt could unleash them
Here's the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report