Plague in Madagascar - is everyone on ''high alert''? - Mauritius forum

Plague in Madagascar - is everyone on ''high alert''?

bingo12 Active member

Member since 06 March 2015

bingo12Active member01 November 2017 10:32:34

Reading UK paper online today聽 - Daily Mail - says the plague in Madagascar is increasing and the whole of eastern area of Africa from South Africa to Ethiopia is on ''high alert'' about the spread as well as Reunion and Mauritius. Apparently people dig up their dead relatives in Madagascar to dance with them and it is feared that may spread the disease! Is travel to and from Madagascar being banned?

External ViP

Member since 04 February 2010

ExternalViP01 November 2017 13:31:24

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FWIW:

Would be a聽 better idea to check the WHO site than reading the daily Mail or the Sun:

since there are 2 types of plague :bubonic plague (transmitted through infested fleas ) and pneumonic plague (transmitted from one person to another).

Plague is NOT new on Madagascar _ they have cases every year聽 and聽 as far as the ritual is concerned , it is a custom for some on the island: