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Ouagadougou (ANTARA News / Xinhua-OANA) - Since March 7, Burkina Faso has reported 2188 cases of meningitis, 336 of whom were killed, said Minister of Health's west African country, Seydou Bouda, Friday.

Bouda Minister of Health told a news conference in the capital Ouagadougou said Janis Meningococus A is a germ that is responsible for the spread of the plague in some areas of the south, east, north and south-east Burkina Faso include Sapouy, Pama, Titao and Batie.

In the central region, west of the country dominated by the spread of germs pneumococus.

"The results of laboratory showed that type A meningococus germs responsible for outbreaks in all regions except in Nanoro, penumococus dominated," said Bouda Minister of Health, and added that two weeks ago, none of the affected districts of the disease.

To prevent the spread of the disease, the government has conducted mass vaccination and to localize its spread, according to officials.

UN Deputy Health Organization (WHO) in Burkina Faso, Dr. Djamila Cabral, said some African countries including Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad and Ghana are facing the spread of meningitis.