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The World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday that a plague outbreak has killed 40 people on Madagascar, with 119 people diagnosed with the bacterial disease since August.
Two people have been diagnosed and one has died in the capital Antananarivo. The WHO fears the plague outbreak may spread rapidly, worsened by the country’s poor healthcare system.
It said a national task force has been set up at a cost of $200,000 (£130,000).
The organisation said it was working with the Red Cross and health authorities to control the disease.
The plague is carried by rodents and spread by fleas.
Combatting the disease in Madagascar has been made more difficult by a high level of resistance to insecticide used to control fleas.
The first case was found in a village two hours from Antananarivo.
The man was diagnosed on August 31 and died days later. Since then 16 other districts have reported cases.
