Madagascar sprays for fleas and treats about 200 plague contacts (🇲🇬)

• Four plague cases confirmed in four Madagascar districts since end of July, per media reports. Read with skepticism: unnamed source¹ 1
• Five more suspected plague cases detected in Madagascar last week, per media reports.¹ 1
• About 200 contacts of Madagascar's plague patients given preventive treatment to stem transmission. per unnamed sources Read with skepticism: unnamed source¹ 1
• Madagascar's government (🇲🇬) launched flea insecticide spraying operations against plague.¹ 1
• Madagascar's government (🇲🇬) launched plague awareness campaigns on hygiene and rodent control.¹ 1

The reports (1)

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