Madagascar plague deaths hit 94: WHO

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death toll from a plague outbreak in Madagascar has risen to 94, with the number of suspected cases jumping to more than 1,100, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said yesterday.

Officials on the nation had earlier this week reported 74 fatalities and 805 cases. WHO’s director for health emergencies in Africa, Ibrahima Soce Fall, told reporters in Geneva that out of 1,153 suspected cases, 300 had been laboratory confirmed. Madagascar has suffered plague outbreaks almost every year since 1980. (AFP)