1.   The spurt in suspected cases of pneumonic plague came after the deaths of two plague sufferers in New Delhi, the first outside western India.

2.   Thirteen suspected plague sufferers were quarantined at a hospital in the northern city of Jodhpur, in Rajasthan state, officials said.

3.   Twenty-two plague sufferers have been identified in West Bengal state.

4.   Meanwhile, a suspected plague sufferer died while trying to escape from a state-run New Delhi hospital where patients are being isolated, newspapers here reported Wednesday.

5.   The health minister said all suspected plague sufferers here and their relatives would be quarantined for preventive treatment.

6.   The health minister said all suspected plague sufferers here and their relatives would be quaratined for preventive treatment.