In Madagascar, Plague Outbreak Now Threatens Largest Cities

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — As plague cases rose last week in Madagascar’s capital, many city dwellers panicked. They waited in long lines for antibiotics at pharmacies and reached through bus windows to buy masks from street vendors. Schools have been canceled, and public gatherings are banned. The plague outbreak has killed 63 people in the Indian Ocean island nation, Madagascar’s government says.

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