Yellow Fever -- Cote d'Ivoire
In recent weeks, 89 people have contracted yellow fever, and one person has died during an outbreak in Ivory Coast, the health ministry said Tuesday [30 Jul 2019].
Most of the confirmed cases were in the West African country's economic capital Abidjan, the ministry said in a statement. It recommended that any unvaccinated people be vaccinated against yellow fever.
"The outbreak occurs in the context of a dengue outbreak," the ministry said, adding that dengue and yellow fever are viral
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6596818&promed&0
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