The plague epidemic in Madagascar persists and shows no signs of abating yet

Since Monday 9 October, there have been several other shootings that have been directly or indirectly linked to the first probable case.

A foreigner who had no contact with the first case or a known case on Tuesday, 10 October, with fever and mild respiratory symptoms. He is admitted in isolation. The rapid test carried out on his sputum on 11 October was found to be weakly positive. This result has not yet been confirmed by the Pasteur Institute. A sample was sent abroad for confirmation.
His contacts have been traced and are receiving antibiotic prophylaxis.
Yesterday, a woman (26) with fever and respiratory symptoms was taken to hospital and placed in isolation. As a precaution, she was treated with antibiotics during the tests.

● One of the children admitted to the hospital on Tuesday had contact with certain children at Anse Boileau School earlier this week. As a precaution, all children and primary school children are being given prophylaxis at school this morning. Parents will be contacted by phone or text message this morning to come with their children. A team of health workers and Red Cross workers will be there to give them precautionary treatment.

● The total number of admitted is 12. All admitted patients are treated with prescribed antibiotics as a precaution. It is important to note that patients who are admitted do not necessarily have the disease - their admission is precautionary.