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Yellow fever cases rise in South America
The Pan American Health Organization issued an epidemic warning as the worst yellow fever outbreak in decades spread across South America. Though the number of cases remains relatively low — 320 have been reported — infections are exceptionally deadly, with around 40% of confirmed cases succumbing to the disease. “We’re facing a complicated situation,” a health expert in Colombia, the worst-affected nation, told El País. And with urban areas inc…
Since the second half of last year, six countries on the continent—Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Guyana—have recorded an unusual increase in the number of cases and deaths, which has led the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to declare an epidemiological alert to try to contain the spread of the disease.
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