Epidemic! Pneumonic Plague 'Worse Than Black Death' Kills 39

By Susan Duclos South China Morning Post reports 39 people have now died from an outbreak in Madagascar, they describe as a "plague even more vicious than the bubonic strain dubbed the black death." They report a doctor explains that 90 percent of these affected are cases of "pneumonic plague," which is far more viscous than the common bubonic plague which kills in three days but allows time for antibiotics to work. “There is an epidemic in Madagascar which is currently affecting five districts (out of 112). Eighty-six people have been inflicted by the plague, of which 39 have died,” the health ministry said in a statement. The first person died before November, but government only officially declared the existence of a plague on November 23.



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