The virus of influenza A/H1N1 has already killed three people in Madagascar, the Madagascan Ministry of Health and Family Planning reported on Friday..
Dr. Lisette Ravololomanana, who is in charge of emerging diseases in the ministry, told Xinhua that in addition to the three killed by the virus,
770 cases have been confirmed in 13 districts in nine of the 22 administrative regions of the country since August 12.
The city of Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital, is the most affected, where 700 cases have been proven with 476 suspect cases, she said.
The Madagascan government has 34,000 boxes of Tamiflu stocks, which is considered effective in the flu treatment, including 4, 000 packets
purchased and 16,000 ordered recently.