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  • Yellow fever kills 10 people in Ethiopia

    Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...-vaccines.html

    Yellow fever kills 10 people in Ethiopia as officials desperately try to contain the deadly virus by shipping out 1.45million vaccines

    At least 35 people are thought to have caught yellow fever in Ethiopia
    Vaccines are being shipped to the 'highly susceptible' African nation
    The outbreak has been traced back to someone who fell ill on August 21

    By Sam Blanchard Health Reporter For Mailonline
    Published: 15:43 EST, 5 November 2018 | Updated: 04:51 EST, 6 November 2018


    Yellow fever has killed 10 people in the African country of Ethiopia, with at least 35 thought to have been infected since August.

    The tropical disease is caused by a virus spread by mosquitoes and is most often found in Africa and the Americas.

    Ethiopia's recent outbreak is taking place in the Wolaita zone in the south-west of the country and has been traced back to patient who got sick on August 21...
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