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A cyclone that rages across Madagascar has killed at least 29 people so far. 22 others are missing. An unknown number of people were injured.

The pulmonary plague epidemic in Madagascar is over. Premier Olivier Mahafaly stated on Monday that no new cases have been reported since the beginning of November. The deadliest variant of the plague broke out in the African island state at the end of August. Since then 2384 people have been infected, of whom 202 have died.

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The number of deaths caused by the recent outbreak of Madagascar pest has risen to 107. More than 1,100 people are infected with the disease. Nearly seven hundred of them are healed, said the Ministry of Health.

In Madagascar, five people have died of the highly dangerous and easily transmitted pulmonary disease. That released the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday. According to local media, the pest eruption began in the province of Toamasina, in the northeast of the African island.

The tropical cyclone 'Enawo 'on Tuesday on Madagascar near the town of Antalaha came ashore with wind speeds over 230 kilometers per hour, has an unknown number of people killed.

US researchers have used facial recognition software to distinguish from each other lemurs. The Madagascar living prosimians prove very well recognized by the computer. In one test, 98.7 percent of the animals successfully recognized by the program LemurFaceID, the scientists write in the journal BMC Zoology.

45 wedding guests, including nine children, were deceased when the bus that transported them ended up in the 'Mananara river. Among the victims is the bride and groom.

Least 27 people recently in southern Madagascar succumbed to the plague. Another 68 people have been infected in the regions of Atsimo-Atsinanana and Ihorombe. Reported that the health authorities on Monday.