29/06/2009
Algeria is ready to help Libya face the outbreak of bubonic plague, "if it asks for that," Echorouk quoted Health Minister Said Barkat as saying on Sunday (June 28th) during an inspection visit to Oran. The minister added that Algeria is secured from "the spread of the disease, due to intensified prevention measures in the provinces" along the common border. In early June, Libyan health authorities reported 13 cases of plague near Tobruk.