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The plague spreads first of all in places where hygienic standards are low. Therefore medical and paramedical personnel should be trained in how to create and preserve all the necessary sanitary conditions in order to avoid contracting the disease. They also ought to be made aware of all the possible sources and symptoms of the disease. The medical staff should in turn educate the public by giving short informative lectures or distributing leaflets. People should realise that adhering to the rules regulating hygienic standards is the best way of preventing but also combating the disease. They should also be obliged to report to health centres if they notice any of the symptoms (swelling in the armpits and groin area, fever or delirium). Necessary drugs can then be administered to them. The country's government and health service should be well informed about current affairs in other countries. They should keep a watchful eye on any reports concerning the outbreaks of bubonic plague anywhere in the world. Contacts with contaminated countries ought to be reduced to the absolute minimum. If any citizen wants to travel to an infected region, they should either be stopped or inoculated against the plague. Such vaccination must be made compulsory and a person trying to defy it ought to be liable to a fine.