Plague Outbreak Kills 30 People in Madagascar With Hundreds Ill
A government worker sprays disinfectant at a public school in Antananarivo, Madagascar on Oct.3.
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An outbreak of pneumonic plague in the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar has killed 30 people, with almost 200 others infected, the Public Health Ministry said.
Seven of the deaths occurred in the capital, Antananarivo, where 43 people are suspected of having contracted the disease, the ministry said in a statement Wednesday.