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Outbreak of virus kills 21 in Congo - WHO

Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo, WHO says
Yellow fever outbreak kills 21 in Congo, WHO says
Twenty-one people have died of yellow fever in <strong>Democratic Republic of Congo</strong>, some of them from infections contracted in neighbouring <strong>Angola</strong>, the <strong>World Health Organization</strong> said on Tuesday.
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An outbreak has already killed 225 people and infected 1,600 in Angola. There was now a high risk of further spread in Congo, given the number of people who regularly travel between the two countries, the WHO said.

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A WHO official on March 18 said an outbreak, which broke out late last year, had killed 158 people in Angola.

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