Certainly 27 plague deaths in Madagascar

World January 16, 2017 19:51

antananarivo - 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.

In the majority of the victims concerns the bubonic plague, but there are also five known cases of pneumonic plague easily transferable. Last week another thirty plague cases reported by telephone from remote villages in Ihorombe, but not yet confirmed, said a joint statement by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization.

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