An outbreak of the plague has killed 40 people out of 119 confirmed cases in Madagascar since late August.There is also a risk of the disease spreading rapidly in the capital, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

So far two cases and one death have been recorded in the capital Antananarivo but those figures could climb quickly due to “the city’s high population density and the weakness of the healthcare system”, the WHO warned.

“The situation is further complicated by the high level of resistance to deltamethrin (an insecticide used to control fleas) that has been observed in the country,” it added.

Plague, a bacterial disease, is mainly spread from one rodent to another by fleas. Humans bitten by an infected flea usually develop a bubonic form of plague, which swells the lymph node and can be treated with antibiotics, the WHO said.


If the bacteria reach the lungs, the patient develops pneumonia (pneumonic plague), which is transmissible from person to person through infected droplets spread by coughing.

It is “one of the most deadly infectious diseases” and can kill people within 24 hours. Two per cent of the cases reported in Madagascar so far have been pneumonic, it added.

The first known case of the plague was a man from Soamahatamana village in the district of Tsiroanomandidy, identified on 31 August. He died on 3 September and authorities notified the WHO of the outbreak on 4 November, the agency said.

The WHO said it did not recommend any trade or travel restrictions based on the information available about the outbreak.

The last previously known outbreak of the plague was in Peru in August 2010, according to the WHO.

http://www.cnbcafrica.com/news/special-report/2014/11/22/madagascar-plague-killed-40-who/

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Africa again? wat a world!

the worst epidemic in Africa is religion,

So it really is true.
Even with the falling oil prices the US is choosing moves to secure oil reserves around the world.
Kenya found oil in 2008/2012, suddenly Kony appears from nowhere in Uganda. Madagascar just found oil; an unknown plague started. Liberia has oil, for some reason ebola resurfaced to world light with American citizens getting infected.
Nigeria dodged their bad market by containing the ebola sourge yet they torment us with this boko haram issue. If the USA wants your country's resource they're ready to blackmail its reputation to make their point known.

These white men wan exterminate us by force..

DrJoe1:
the worst epidemic in Africa is religion,

Very true

charix:
So it really is true.
Even with the falling oil prices the US is choosing moves to secure oil reserves around the world.
Kenya found oil in 2008/2012, suddenly Kony appears from nowhere. Madagascar just found oil; an unknown plague started. Liberia has oil, for some reason ebola resurfaced to world light with American citizens getting infected.
Nigeria dodged their bad market by containing the ebola sourge yet they torment us with this boko haram issue. If the USA wants your country's resource they're ready to blackmail its reputation to make their point known.

Koni is not in Kenya and is not even a kenya problem. Koni is in DRC and is a Ugandan Problem. The biggest problem in Kenya is terrorism from Somalia which can be categorized as a Religious problem

denisfidha:



Koni is not in Kenya and is not even a kenya problem. Koni is in DRC and is a Ugandan Problem. The biggest problem in Kenya is terrorism from Somalia which can be categorized as a Religious problem

Noted the mistake and corrected but the theory still stands. They're invading Uganda to stay close to Kenya.