The deadly plague in Madagascar has killed 19 people in the past two months with health officials recording 104 suspected cases.
The AFP reported that health ministry officials in the country confirmed the outbreak ofo the disease which usually gets seen between March and October.
Health officials said the recent outbreak has created panic among people in country’s east coastal community.
The African Island nation has the world’s highest incidence of the bacterial infection.
Madagascar is exceptionally susceptible to the plague due to persistent poverty, poor sanitation and a lack of health care, conditions that aid the spread of the plague.
Plague can be diagnosed and easily treated with common antibiotics. Victims can develop painful lymph-node swelling.
Victims who don’t get early treatment from life-saving antibiotics when infected will die.
Source: Africafeeds.com
