Madagascar’s Ministry of Public Health said in a bulletin on the 13th it has
reported four confirmed plague cases and five suspected cases. The four
confirmed cases were recorded in three towns north of the capital Antananarivo —
Akazube, Anzuzurube and Ambhimanarisoa — and the five suspected cases were in
Namidongi district in the southeast. Two hundred close contacts are under
medical surveillance and have received prophylactic treatment.