Bubonic Plague: Surat, India, 1994 A farmer whose bubonic plague had progressed to pneumonia travels to Surat to attend the festival of Ganesh on 9/18/03, unknowingly transmits disease to others On 9/21 there are 7 cases of pneumonic plague, 6 more the next day On 9/22 the BBC reports an outbreak resulting in panic and mass exodus Within 12 hours 100,000 had fled, 300,000 more the next day By 9/24 600,000 or half the population of Surat had fled
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