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Madagascar's Black Death: Indian Ocean island hit by worst outbreak of plague in 50 years

14.11.17

Madagascar's Black Death: Indian Ocean island hit by worst outbreak of plague in 50 years: The WHO labels plague as "one of the oldest - and most feared - of all diseases".

Professor Jimmy Whitworth, an international public health scientist at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, told MailOnline: "This outbreak is the worst for 50 years or more."

The outbreak on the island off the south-east coast of Africa, has prompted health alerts in nine nearby countries - South Africa, Seychelles, La Reunion, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia, Comoros and Mauritius.

Schools and universities have been shut in a bid to contain the respiratory disease, while Madagascar's Air Seychelles temporarily stopped flights earlier in the month to try and curb the plague spreading abroad.

Experts fear that the virus may be fanned further by the country's widespread ancient ritual, called Famadihana, where relatives dig up their loved ones, rewrap corpses and dance with the dead.


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