1.   Pneumonic plague symptoms usually develop within one to six days after exposure to the plague bacillus.

2.   In Pakistan, a child who was hospitalized in Lahore with plague symptoms over the weekend was found not to be suffering from the disease.

3.   Australia began to check incoming passengers from India for any plague symptoms.

4.   Several women aboard a flight from New Delhi to Kiev have been hospitalised with suspected plague symptoms, ITAR-TASS news agency said Friday.