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| Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccine doses | Brazil orders 11.5 million yellow fever vaccine doses |
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| Brazil's health ministry has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine amid the largest outbreak of the disease in the country since 2000. | Brazil's health ministry has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccine amid the largest outbreak of the disease in the country since 2000. |
| Seventy cases - including 40 deaths - are confirmed, mostly in rural areas of the state of Minas Gerais. More than 300 cases are under investigation. | Seventy cases - including 40 deaths - are confirmed, mostly in rural areas of the state of Minas Gerais. More than 300 cases are under investigation. |
| Vaccinations are being recommended for people travelling to Minas and other areas with confirmed cases. | Vaccinations are being recommended for people travelling to Minas and other areas with confirmed cases. |
| Yellow fever is a potentially fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes. | Yellow fever is a potentially fatal disease transmitted by mosquitoes. |
| Most of Brazil is considered at risk from yellow fever but the country has only seen a handful of cases in recent years. | Most of Brazil is considered at risk from yellow fever but the country has only seen a handful of cases in recent years. |
| What is yellow fever? | What is yellow fever? |
| Source: WHO | Source: WHO |
| Read more: Would it be wrong to eradicate mosquitoes? | |
| The governor of Minas Gerais has declared a 180-day state of emergency. | The governor of Minas Gerais has declared a 180-day state of emergency. |
| There have also been three confirmed cases in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, and one each in Espiritu Santo and Bahia, which both neighbour Minas. | There have also been three confirmed cases in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, and one each in Espiritu Santo and Bahia, which both neighbour Minas. |
| Around 5.5m vaccine doses have already been sent to five states that have confirmed cases or are at risk. The other 6 million ordered will arrive soon. | Around 5.5m vaccine doses have already been sent to five states that have confirmed cases or are at risk. The other 6 million ordered will arrive soon. |
| It is not clear what has caused the rise in cases. | It is not clear what has caused the rise in cases. |
| Jimmy Whitworth, professor of international public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "It's unusual. | Jimmy Whitworth, professor of international public health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said: "It's unusual. |
| "The more cases you have, the more chance that it's going to light up and take off in urban areas." | "The more cases you have, the more chance that it's going to light up and take off in urban areas." |
| The Brazilian authorities are taking the situation very seriously and appear to have enough vaccine stocks, he added. | The Brazilian authorities are taking the situation very seriously and appear to have enough vaccine stocks, he added. |