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“Currently, from India’s point of view, this is a problem occurring in another country and the possibility of the pathogen reaching India is extremely low – mainly because there is no report of spread to contacts of the deceased person, and also because someone with pneumonic plague is unlikely to be fit enough to make such a long journey,” said Rajeev Jayadevan, an expert at the Indian Medical Association and former president of the Indian Medical Branch of Co.