WHO: Yellow Fever Under Control in Angola and DRC

A yellow fever outbreak in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been brought under control after a vaccination campaign of millions of people, according to the World Health Organization. "The risk of a major outbreak is now over," Sylvie Briand, WHO pandemic and epidemics department director, said Tuesday in Geneva, adding that no new cases have emerged in Angola since June 23 and in DRC since July 12. Briand cautioned that further outbreaks in 32 endemic...

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