84 confirmed cases of swine flu in Antananarivo16/10/2009 | 13:41:43
Swine flu keeps on progressing in the Malagasy capital city while attention is focused on something else.
During the latest days, thanks to altering weather and to the first raindrops, flu has been freely spreading out. But for the Malagasy capital city's population, this is, for the time being, not yet the major issue.
Although, since the discovery of the first case, A H1N1 flu has contaminated 84 persons in the capital city. All are only confirmed cases. About twenty people have been treated and healed. About one hundred are currently under treatment.
Most of the contaminated people have made trips abroad. A healthcare team completed a sensitization campaign at the capital city's French high school, from where about thirty cases have just been confirmed. The same sensitization campaign will be held in various schools of Antananarivo.
In spite of the world pandemic, swine flu has not really become a cause for concern for Madagascans actually quite used to classical flu, namely at rain season's beginnings. Sensitization spots are distributed in the press anyway. In offices and over public places, posters and leaflets stuck all around are discribing precautions, but still fail to attract the crowds' attention.
The commemoration of February 7, 2009's events has been an occasion to display view opposition between its actors. Monja Roindefo, former Prime minister, and Andry Rajoelina, leader of the High Authority of Transition, successively laid their flowers in front of the palace of Ambohitsorohitra.[See]
The cochairman of the late Transition was able to open the round of talks meant to gather options to settle the crisis, in the Carlton hotel. Basically planned to last for a couple of days, the round only lasted for one of them.[See]
There will be no legislative elections on March 20th, as basically planned by Andry Rajoelina. The transitional leader's close collaborators are proposing another date.[See]
The meeting organized by the transition in order to debate the organization of the next legislative elections failed to mobilize either political actors or civilian society members.[See]
In face of the international community's vehement reluctance to accept Rajoelina on his own on top of his transition in Madagascar without any political compromise, Malagasy leaders are getting a move on to convince the big countries.[See]
The president of the High Authority of Transition was basically expected in Antananarivo in beginning of the week. His stay in Paris lasted however longer than initially planned.[See]
After a short time out of action, the political mobilities opposed to the High Authority of Transition are resuming street demonstrations their opposition to Andry Rajoelina's acts.[See]
