Yellow Fever -- Republic of Congo
Congo Republic will launch a country-wide vaccination campaign to control an outbreak of yellow fever near the border with the Angolan enclave of Cabinda, the health ministry said on Friday [31 Aug 2018].
Earlier this week, the authorities said over 180 suspected cases and one confirmed case of the sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus had been identified this year [2018], many in the western commercial hub of Pointe Noire.
"Congo (Republic) declared a yellow fever epidemic at Pointe
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6003093&promed&0
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