International responses to pneumonic plague in India

Title

International responses to pneumonic plague in India

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Sep 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:02:54

Description

France and Germany have begun testing travellers arriving from plague-hit India. Six of the Gulf States have also launched screening checks with fears rising that the deadly bug could spread. More than 40 people have been killed by pneumonic plague in Surat; there are suspected cases in Delhi and Bombay, and bubonic plague is also a problem. Paul Chapman reports. Interviews with Dr Ron Behrens, London Hospital for Tropical Diseases; Reuters Delhi correspondent, Javed Naqvi.

Contributors

Paul Chapman; Ron Behrens; Javed Naqvi

Keywords

India; Infectious diseases; Health; France; Germany; Tourism; Travel abroad; Travellers; Health screening; Bubonic plague; Plague

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