https://twitter.com/DailyMirror/status/1124244262835630080A married couple have died leaving their four children orphaned after an outbreak of the bubonic plague, which sparked plane panic.
The man, 38 - named only as Citizen T - and his pregnant wife, 37, are thought to have fallen ill after hunting and eating contaminated marmot, a large species of squirrel, in Mongolia.
The man died on April 27 and the woman died three days later, reports The Siberian Times.
The highly contagious bacterial disease is spread by fleas living on wild rodents.
It has sparked fears of an outbreak and urgent measures and precautions have been put in place to stop the infection spreading.
@ them eating that damn oversized rodent, kicking the bucket, AND fucking ahp everyones' lives
