And the disease is taking an alarming turn.
“The outbreak that started last November has some disturbing dimensions,” the WHO said this week. “The fleas that transmit this ancient disease from rats to humans have developed resistance to the first-line insecticide.”
It’s especially spreading in densely populated slums in the capital of Antananarivo.
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Past plague epidemics have have occurred in Europe, the United States, Africa, Asia and South America.
The plague was known as the “Black Death” in the 14th century Europe, the WHO said, and led to the deaths of 50 million people.
