Wednesday 22 February 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Yellow fever - Americas (24): Brazil, carnival, travel alert

Yellow Fever -- Brazil
The federal government of Brazil has issued emergency situations for 63 cities in Minas Gerais and one in Espírito Santo due to the outbreak of yellow fever. Since the beginning of the year [2017] authorities have confirmed 44 people died of the disease and over 70 other suspected deaths are being investigated.
Federal officials are sending extra doses of yellow fever vaccines to the affected area in fear that the virus may spread during the great flux of tourists coming into the affected

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/2l972C8

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