Council workers spray disinfectant during the clean-up of the market of Anosibe, Madagascar, on October 10, 2017. The country is facing a plague outbreak. PHOTO | RIJASOLO | AFP
The death toll from Madagascar’s plague outbreak has reached 124, officials said Wednesday, as they cautiously welcomed a slowdown in infections.
The highly contagious plague has caused alarm across the poor Indian Ocean island since August, spreading to the capital Antananarivo and other cities.
