Black Death plague latest: Madagascar struggles to contain harrowing plague outbreak

At least 57 people have been killed and more than 600
infected in Madagascar as a plague outbreak spreads.
In a report on France 24 , footage shows firefighters
killing rats whose fleas carry the plague.
But hygiene is proving a problem in the country due to
poverty.
Jacques Razafindraibe, a delegate to a mayor in the
capital city Antananarivo, said locals had other
priorities on their minds.
Madagascans have become "afraid" of plague
disinfection teams, according to a report
He
said:
“There’s a problem. It’s poverty. We don’t think about
cleaning, we think about what we’ll eat today and
tomorrow.”
“That is the issue.”
In one factory, four people have contracted the
pneumonic plague, the most serious form of the
disease.
The report adds many residents have become “afraid”
of disinfection teams.
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Charles Desire Rajonhson, head of a ‘disinfection’
mobile response team, said: “When people see us
wearing the equipment, they run away from us and
don’t want to answer us, because we’re the team
that’s there to fight the plague.”
At least 57 people have now died from a plague
outbreak in the past three months, with the speed and
timing of the deadly disease taking health officials by
surprise.
Latest figures from the World Health Organisation
(WHO) have recorded 684 plague cases in Madagascar
since August 1.
WHO has already delivered nearly 1.2 million doses of
antibiotics and released £1.13 million in emergency
funds to fight the killer infection, but is currently
revising its assessment on the risk of the disease
spreading overseas.

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