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Black Death plague latest: Outbreak 'SPREADING FAST' and could hit USA – shock warning

More than 231 cases of the contagious disease have been recorded in Madagascar this year, and the number of deaths is higher than in previous years due to the countrys deteriorating medical services.

And experts in the United States have warned continued underinvestment in health services there could see the disease spread rapidly in to an epidemic.  In August, a public health warning was issued in northern Arizona after fleas had tested positive for pneumonic plague.  The bubonic strain of the disease is passed on by flea bites, whereas the more infectious pneumonic type is spread through coughing. .

The long list of grim symptoms include gangrene, high fever and chills. The two types of plague contributed to the deaths of more than 50 million people in Europe during the Middle Ages.

  US doctor Peter Small, a clinician trained in infectious diseases who has been working in Madagascar for several years, told Newsweek: "We have plague cases every year out west.

"The only reason we have cases and not epidemics is because we invest in a public health system.  However, if we continue to underinvest in public health, those cases could become epidemics here in the US..

After the reports of infected fleas in August, health officials told residents in the Navajo and Coconino counties to take precautions to reduce their risk of exposure to the serious disease.

Dr Stephen Morse, a professor who focuses on infectious disease at New Yorks prestigious Columbia University, said plague outbreaks such as Madagascars illustrate what what can happen when public health measures are compromised.

He told Newsweek: "I think anytime we have an outbreak of serious magnitude, it can still obviously have the opportunity for further spread, so the important thing is to have public health measures as quickly as possible..

The World Health Organisation says more people have died from plague in Madagascar in recent years even though the total number of infections has not risen.

Experts said in 2015 this is due to the symptomatic of the deteriorating fabric of the health system as a result of recent social and political crises in the country..

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Word War 3 ready: UK, USA and South Korea issue huge military WARNING to North Korea - Duration: 3:16.

Word War 3 ready: UK, USA and South Korea issue huge military WARNING to North Korea

The eleven states announced plans to hold a huge joint military drill - something known to infuriate and their erratic leader Kim Jong-un.

  North Korea has repeatedly threatened to destroy Kim's enemies when they carry out drills on the peninsula but Westminster, Washington and Seoul are refusing to bow to the despot's sabre-rattling threats.

  South Korea's navy announced today it will hold a "joint naval mine warfare exercise" with Britain, the and eight other states in the near future.

  They revealed the symbolic war games, which will involve mine clearing, will take place off the south-east coast of South Korea.

A South Korean press agency reported today: "The two sides plan to kick off the weeklong training Saturday following a related symposium hosted by Rear Adm. Brad Cooper, who commands the US forces.

"The mine warfare practice to be staged in waters near the port city of Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, will involve more than 10 South Korean vessels, including the 3,000-ton Nampo minelayer and two 1,400-ton US mine countermeasures ships: Chief and Pioneer."  .

South Korea revealed a total of 11 countries would join the drills: the UK, South Korea, the USA, South Africa, New Zealand, Japan, Canada, Thailand, Turkey, Australia and the Philippines.

South Korean Rear Admiral Kim Jong-sam said the drills would prepare the 11 states for any possible conflict with North Korea.  He said: "Mines laid by an enemy badly hamper the navigation of ships and the deployment of additional combined forces.".

It comes after North Korea claimed America had "lit the wick of war" - the latest dire threat from the hermit state.  The country's foreign minister Ri Yong Ho slammed US president Donald Trump and said tensions will not be settled with words.

He said: With his bellicose and insane statement at the United Nations, Trump, you can say, has lit the wick of a war against us. We need to settle the final score, only with a hail of fire, not words..