[Madagascar reports 4 confirmed cases of plague and 5 suspected cases] On October 14, according to the bulletin issued by the Ministry of Public Health of Madagascar on the 13th, the country reported 4 confirmed cases of plague and 5 suspected cases. The communiqué stated that 4 confirmed cases occurred in the three towns of Akazube, Anzuzurube and Ambushimanarisua, north of Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, and 5 suspected cases occurred in the Midungi South District in the southeast of the country. Currently, 200 close contacts are under medical monitoring and have received preventive treatment. The communiqué stated that since the end of July this year, Madagascar has entered a period of high incidence of plague. The health department has taken a number of prevention and control measures, including proactively investigating suspected cases, tracking close contacts, and spraying insecticides at relevant epidemic sites and surrounding areas to eliminate fleas that spread the plague.