They risk infecting others as they flee back home – despite being riddled with the dangerous contagion.
A doctor at a plague hospital in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo revealed the horrifying development yesterday.
This comes as fears grow that the outbreak could go global – leading to millions dying.
The Central Anti-Plague Hospital Ambohimindra is one of six hospitals that treat plague in the city with a population of 8.6m.
Madagascar’s plague outbreak has killed 165 people so far, infecting more than 2,000, making 2017 this hospital’s busiest year.
It’s a deadly pneumonic plague which can pass from person to person through coughing and kills within 24 hours.
But incredibly, Dr Marielle Zaramisy, the hospital’s chief of medicine, has revealed infected patients are fleeing from hospitals and denying themselves potentially life-saving treatment which could speed up the spread.
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Malawi is bracing itself for an outbreak of the plague after the Daily Mail reports that deadly disease continues to spread across the island nation of Madagascar. At least 143 people have died and more than 2,000 others have been infected in Madagascar since an outbreak in early August this year which has now spread to its 10th African nation.
Malawi's health secretary confirmed the country is ready for any reported cases of the disease amid mounting concerns of Africa's 'porous borders'.
He said: 'We have infection prevention materials ready and groups and teams ready to be activated if there is a trigger.'
South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Tanzania, La Réunion, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia and Comoros have all been warned they could be at risk from a possible outbreak as well...
The strain can be cured with antibiotics and the WHO money will go towards paying for extra medical personnel, the disinfection of buildings and fuel for ambulances.
Cases have risen by eight per cent in just the space of one week and scientists are now working hard to ensure the disease does not spread from Madagascar to mainland Africa.
Health expert Professor Jimmy Whitworth described the current outbreak as the 'worst in 50 years or more'.
But as SHTFplan.com's Mac Slavo notes, a new virus for which medical officials have no remedy is spreading. The infectious disease also has a fatality rate of almost 90% making it much more deadly than the black death plaguing Madagascar.
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Comment: Let's not forget that the Black Death is well overdue for returning, most especially with the high increase in fireballs, meteors and comets.
See: Black Death was 'triggered by asteroid impact and could reoccur today', scientist claims
New research paper says we are still at risk of the plague
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According to KCRA, a flea on a chimpmunk tested positive for the plague on Wednesday.
So far, health officials are not aware of any humans who have come
into contact with infected animals, but people in the area are advised
to report any sick or dead animals.
Fortunately for us, modern treatment methods would be able to cure
any human that contracted the plague. So don’t worry about an outbreak
of Black Death just yet.
KCRA made sure to add the symptoms in case anyone was worried about their health:
Symptoms of plague usually show up within two weeks of exposure and include fever, nausea, weakness and swollen lymph nodes.
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A new book titled Biology of Plagues: Evidence from Historical Populations, argues that the "Black Death" may not have been caused by the bubonic plague, as history textbooks would suggest, but rather, an Ebola-like virus.
The authors, Christopher Duncan and Susan Scott of the University of
Liverpool, claim that the bubonic plague could not have spread across
Europe at the rate in which the Black Death did.
Duncan says, "If you look at the way it spreads, it was spreading at a rate of around 30 miles in two to three days. Bubonic plague moves at a pace of around 100 yards a year."
Duncan and Scott also analyzed the symptoms described in historical
texts. Autopsy reports detail the internal organs of victims having had
dissolved along with the appearance of black liquid. The liquidization
of internal organs is a trademark of the Ebola virus and causes its
victims tremendous pain.
The oozing lymph nodes that so notoriously accompanied the Black Death could also be symptomatic of an Ebola-like virus.
In both cases, hemorrhagic fevers come on fast and causes blood vessels
to burst underneath the skin. This is what brings out the welts, or
"buboes" as they were called during the time of the Black Death.
The authors also noted that efforts to quarantine the Black Death were
successful - something that would not had been possible had the disease
been transmitted by rats, as history has suggested, since rats do not
observe quarantines.
But not everyone is convinced. Ann Carmichael, a historian and expert on
the Black Plague says, "It is problematic to assimilate evidence over
four centuries and draw conclusive theories," she says, "We must look at
it on a plague-by-plague basis."
Comment: The fact is, this information isn't
new, and learning from history, including learning about possible
protection measures, is the best thing we can do for ourselves and our
loved ones.
