The case, confirmed this week after testing by the Pasteur Institute in Dakar and the National Institute of Biomedical Research, originated from a local mosquito, said the WHO's Eugene Kabambi, and therefore was not an imported case from neighbouring Angola.
World Health Organisation reports case of disease in Congo
A new case of yellow fever has been detected in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.
People walk past a pile of garbage along a street during rainfall, in Luanda, Angola, in this picture taken February 10, 2016.
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The worst yellow fever outbreak in decades has killed 250 people in Angola and is straining global vaccine supplies, posing a dilemma for health officials who fear it could spread further in Africa and possibly into Asia.
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