Bubonic plague outbreak sees medics board plane in Mongolia

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This is the alarming moment that paramedics in hazmat suits were forced to board a plane in Mongolia amid fears of a bubonic plague outbreak. 

Emergency workers intercepted the domestic flight at the airport in the capital Ulaanbaatar, after a husband and wife died of the contagious disease in the region where the flight originated.  

According to reports they had eaten contaminated meat from a marmot, a large squirrel. 

Eleven passengers from the west of the country were held at the airport and sent immediately for hospital checks while others were examined at the airport.