[Plague epidemic in India from September to October 1994: what lessons can be learned from a study of press coverage?].

During September 1994, the french press and the foreign one have published abundant news about the plague which broke out in India and also because of the threat of an epidemic towards the others EC countries. From September 24th to October 9th, 1994, the author has collected the whole available daily papers in particular all editions of the eight national papers and foreign daily ones stating the information hitting the headlines. The review of these papers has shown an intensive media coverage in the french press overall from September 28th to October 1st, 1994, accompanied by an evolution of concerned items which is first of all a completely indian problem whose scale is finally threatening over the world. Due to this situation, some countries have taken measures of extreme protection.