Yellow Fever Outbreak Kills 61 Brazilians

A total of 301 other potential cases are being investigated. Until now, there have been no confirmed cases among people that have been vaccinated against the disease.

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Three of the deaths have come in Belo Horizonte, the state capital, and another 15 in its surrounding urban area. The secretariat also said the mortality rate of the disease stood at 37.2 percent.

Minas Gerais has been heavily affected along with Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, leading federal, regional and municipal authorities to jointly roll out mass vaccination campaigns.

The mosquitoes spreading the yellow fever are of the "Haemagogus" and "Sabethes" varieties, different from the "Aedes aegypti", which has been spreading dengue, Zika and chikungunya in recent years.



Source: IANS